They could have financed a manned trip to Mars for that much. Instead,
we got Windows Vista that still uses the ancient and boring - point and click at windows
computing. Wow - it was worth it.




"Mario Rosario (info)" <mario@webacre.com> wrote in message
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> According to The San Jose Mercury News, Bill Gates was quoted to have spent 6 Billion dollars to
> develop Vista. According to another source, the analysts estimate 2 Billion in revenue the first
> year.
>
> http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/16515881.htm
>
> I have a gut feeling the next version of Windows is going to be all around very expensive.
>
> Mario