Windows Vista is out-shipping Windows XP, with 40 million copies hitting the
streets so far, Bill Gates told hardware engineers today.

Opening Microsoft's annual Windows Hardware and Engineering Conference
(WinHEC) extravaganza in Los Angeles, Gates claimed Windows Vista is
shipping twice as fast as Windows XP, the operating system's predecessor.

More...

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/200..._vista_winhec/

"Jdr" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Windows Vista is out-shipping Windows XP, with 40 million copies hitting
> the streets so far, Bill Gates told hardware engineers today.
>
> Opening Microsoft's annual Windows Hardware and Engineering Conference
> (WinHEC) extravaganza in Los Angeles, Gates claimed Windows Vista is
> shipping twice as fast as Windows XP, the operating system's predecessor.
>
> More...
>
> http://www.channelregister.co.uk/200..._vista_winhec/
>

I wonder how many MS disciples will rant about this article being "biased"
like they do when anyone posts articles that point out problems with MS &
Vista

Bill Gates says so?
OK sure, then it just GOTTA be true huh?

-- btw, he also said this:
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- "Microsoft programs are generally bug-free. If you visit the Microsoft
hotline, you'll literally have to wait weeks if not months until someone
calls in with a bug in one of our programs. 99.99% of calls turn out to
be user mistakes. [...]
I know not a single less irrelevant reason for an update than bugfixes.
The reasons for updates are to present more new features."
-- Bill Gates, on code stability, from Focus Magazine
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IF, what Mr. Gates states is the truth, then the article, and posting of
said article, is not biased.

In a news group run/staffed/maintained by Microsoft enthusiasts/employees,
used to help with Microsoft problems and visited by people who are having
problems with a Microsoft product, discussing said article is not bias.

Bringing/posting the above to a Linux/Ubuntu/Apple help group would be such.

Too bad that you Mac and Linux users do not realize such.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"john" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Jdr" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Windows Vista is out-shipping Windows XP, with 40 million copies hitting
>> the streets so far, Bill Gates told hardware engineers today.
>>
>> Opening Microsoft's annual Windows Hardware and Engineering Conference
>> (WinHEC) extravaganza in Los Angeles, Gates claimed Windows Vista is
>> shipping twice as fast as Windows XP, the operating system's predecessor.
>>
>> More...
>>
>> http://www.channelregister.co.uk/200..._vista_winhec/
>>
>
> I wonder how many MS disciples will rant about this article being "biased"
> like they do when anyone posts articles that point out problems with MS &
> Vista
>
> Bill Gates says so?
> OK sure, then it just GOTTA be true huh?
>
> -- btw, he also said this:
> =======================================
> - "Microsoft programs are generally bug-free. If you visit the Microsoft
> hotline, you'll literally have to wait weeks if not months until someone
> calls in with a bug in one of our programs. 99.99% of calls turn out to
> be user mistakes. [...]
> I know not a single less irrelevant reason for an update than bugfixes.
> The reasons for updates are to present more new features."
> -- Bill Gates, on code stability, from Focus Magazine
> =======================================
>

Jdr wrote:
> Windows Vista is out-shipping Windows XP, with 40 million copies hitting
> the streets so far, Bill Gates told hardware engineers today.
>
> Opening Microsoft's annual Windows Hardware and Engineering Conference
> (WinHEC) extravaganza in Los Angeles, Gates claimed Windows Vista is
> shipping twice as fast as Windows XP, the operating system's predecessor.
>
> More...
>
> http://www.channelregister.co.uk/200..._vista_winhec/
>

I wonder what tricks they used to inflate the numbers this time.

--
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http://protectfreedom.tripod.com/kick.html

Most recent idiotic quote added to KICK (Klassic Idiotic Caption Kooks):
"Very simple Nothing I like better than insulting Linsux losers, fanboys
and trolls like you."

"Good poets borrow; great poets steal."
- T. S. Eliot

There are millions of more PC's today than in 2001 when XP came out. This
is not news. Just marketing hype that Microsoft is getting out there. How
about something interesting like who will be the next American Idol?


"Jdr" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Windows Vista is out-shipping Windows XP, with 40 million copies hitting
> the streets so far, Bill Gates told hardware engineers today.
>
> Opening Microsoft's annual Windows Hardware and Engineering Conference
> (WinHEC) extravaganza in Los Angeles, Gates claimed Windows Vista is
> shipping twice as fast as Windows XP, the operating system's predecessor.
>
> More...
>
> http://www.channelregister.co.uk/200..._vista_winhec/
>

john wrote:

> "Jdr" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>Windows Vista is out-shipping Windows XP, with 40 million copies hitting
>>the streets so far, Bill Gates told hardware engineers today.
>>
>>Opening Microsoft's annual Windows Hardware and Engineering Conference
>>(WinHEC) extravaganza in Los Angeles, Gates claimed Windows Vista is
>>shipping twice as fast as Windows XP, the operating system's predecessor.
>>
>>More...
>>
>>http://www.channelregister.co.uk/200..._vista_winhec/
>>
>
>
> I wonder how many MS disciples will rant about this article being "biased"
> like they do when anyone posts articles that point out problems with MS &
> Vista
>
> Bill Gates says so?
> OK sure, then it just GOTTA be true huh?
>
> -- btw, he also said this:
> =======================================
> - "Microsoft programs are generally bug-free. If you visit the Microsoft
> hotline, you'll literally have to wait weeks if not months until someone
> calls in with a bug in one of our programs. 99.99% of calls turn out to
> be user mistakes. [...]
> I know not a single less irrelevant reason for an update than bugfixes.
> The reasons for updates are to present more new features."
> -- Bill Gates, on code stability, from Focus Magazine
> =======================================
>
>


You are so 'john like', posting an article from that POS wannabe rag the
register.
Get real!
Frank

Nina DiBoy wrote:


>
> I wonder what tricks they used to inflate the numbers this time.
>
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Being a publicly traded company (MSFT), I don't think MS would risk
doing such a stupid thing because touted numbers need to match financial
documents filed with the SEC.
Plus share holders could bring a lawsuit over inflated numbers.
Frank

"Richard Urban" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> IF, what Mr. Gates states is the truth, then the article, and posting of
> said article, is not biased.

right. light another candle on your Bill Gates shrine.

you must also believe W when he says we're "winning the war on terrorism"
and that we must stay in Irag till "victory is achieved" - whatever that
is... he never says.

one man's "truth" is another man's spin...
believe what you will.

--
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"I have four words for you: I love this company, yeah!"
- Steve Ballmer
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"Bill Yanaire" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> There are millions of more PC's today than in 2001 when XP came out. This
> is not news. Just marketing hype that Microsoft is getting out there.
> How about something interesting like who will be the next American Idol?
>

in here it is and has always been Bill Gates.
now let's bow our heads for a moment of silence.

--
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- "There won't be anything we won't say to people to try and convince
them that our way is the way to go."
-- Bill Gates on Microsoft marketing
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"Richard Urban" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> IF, what Mr. Gates states is the truth, then the article, and posting of
> said article, is not biased.

Not too long ago, a couple of guys named Kenneth Lay & Jeffery Skilling
announced to their stockholders that everything at Enron was just fine...

--
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"If you can't make it good, at least make it look good."
- Bill Gates
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