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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Wayners who wrote (648200)	10/19/2004 6:48:36 PM
From: Richnorth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

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To: Wayners who wrote (648200)	10/20/2004 10:46:39 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769670

"All the hardware and software products I've bought have had major uexplained problems and innumerable patches such as Windows XP. I would assume that people who have been dishing out this low quality crap are being let go." You would assume incorrectly. Employment is up, not down at Microsoft. <G> IMO, a more germane point would be that Monopolists don't have to 'try harder'... they have no need to improve the reliability or security of their products until/unless they face a competitive threat of market-share loss.