From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/vista_office/

Chuckle how do you big yourself up when old you is new you's biggest competitor....

"The event itself was typical of Microsoft, pretty slick and well
presented. The over-arching message seemed to be that users have put up
with poor or mediocre user interfaces for decades, but that this is no
longer acceptable given the complexity of the modern information and
communication landscape, the way in which user expectations are escalating,
and the business requirement to maintain or increase end user
productivity."


"The over-arching message seemed to be that users have put up with
poor or mediocre user interfaces for decades"...Windows...3.x, 9x, NT,
2K...XP....Office 6, 97 etc....hummm wotz MS trying t'say?

" Vista and Office 2007 as platforms for development were then
positioned as key to addressing the challenge."

Hang on.......... if all the ones before were also sold as brill, the
answer to the great questions of life etc & now they're poor to
mediocre at best......hummm....

Adam

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