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Now Ballmer Says Vista Could Slip By Gregg Keizer, TechWeb News

Certainly, Apple has had its share of failed and delayed OS shipments. Remember Copland and Gershwin? Nightmare deluxe. But one has to admit that this Vista predicament of delay, delay, delay, delay accompanied by cut, cut, cut of features, is highly amusing. Maybe if MS were a bit more tight-lipped like Apple about upcoming releases they wouldn't make such fools of themselves. Their current pre-announcement marketing strategy is a brilliant method of upsetting customers.

-- Fortune Magazine, 11-29-05: What's your computer setup today? Frederick Brooks: I happily use a Macintosh. It's not been equalled for ease of use, and I want my computer to be a tool, not a challenge. Frederick Brooks is the author of 'The Mythical Man Month'. He spearheaded the movement to modernize computer software engineering in 1975