Bill Frisbee wrote:[color=blue]
> And how is this a bad thing?
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> Other companies make money... lots of money.
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> Thus Microsoft contributes to the economy and better business in general.
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> Bill F.[/color]

Well, MS does well, the stock market does well. Hardware companies do
well. Third party software companies do well. The only one who doesn't
do well is the poor sap that parts with his hard earned dollars but, why
complain when 4 out of 5 doing well ain't bad. Kinda like the
commodities broker. The broker gets paid. The brokerage house gets paid.
Neither take a risk. It's only the customer who usually loses so 2 out
of 3 ain't bad, right?

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>> I wont comment on the following..
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>> [url]http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=36422[/url]
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>> Vista Boosts Tech IndustryPosted by Daniel Fleshbourne on 11 December
>> 2006 - 16:04 · 6 comments, 396 views & no trackbacks
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>> A new IDC report on the impact of Windows Vista on the industry claims
>> Microsoft's business partners stand to benefit more financially from
>> the operating system than Microsoft itself will in 2007. According to
>> the report on the U.S. economic impact of Vista, for every one dollar
>> Microsoft makes on Vista in 2007, Microsoft partners that offer
>> software, hardware, and services related to Vista will make $18.
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>> "If there's a surprising thing to people, it's how extensively a
>> Microsoft piece of software ripples out through the ecosystem," said
>> John Gantz, one of the IDC analysts who wrote the report. "Microsoft,
>> as a software vendor, casts a bigger shadow than its revenues." IDC
>> analysts Al Gillen and Marcel Warmerdam co-wrote the report, released
>> today, which was commissioned by Microsoft. The report also says that
>> 35 percent to 45 percent of new PCs that ship to enterprises in 2007
>> will run Vista. "Some thought [adoption] would move faster," Gantz
>> said. "But to me, that's relatively quick."
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