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If Vista was as good as they say, no one would be using XP no more, everyone would have migrated like I have to OS X 10.5.
Ya, I am sure there will be some bugs in OS X, but that stuff works like a charm, can't say anything like that about XP or Vista.
Hell, Linux is better than those two combined.
- How about returning to the future - 1998!
- by Commander_Spock November 19, 2007 5:29 PM PST
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(3 Comments)"Since Symphony was essentially an evolutionary step in Lotus' product development and was based mainly on Lotus 1-2-3, "Sheet" was its star component. As such, it was the environment entered into by default when you launched the software suite. In fact, the spreadsheet was the heart and soul of Symphony..."
http://www.news.com/2300-11386_3-6218615-6.html?tag=ne.gall.pg
Now, the so-called "housing crises and ethanol production" anyone! Cannot "REDMOND", IBM et al sit down with the "B-A-N-K-S..." and deliver on what "tools' (sheet functionalities) are really needed and not what "REDMOND" et al think they need.
Got the picture!