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    Default Re: More headaches due to Vista & DRM

    Quote Originally Posted by Blodrast
    *gasps* Sapi ... is ... using ... IIS !!
    The horror... the horror...
    I know, I know

    I hate the damn thing, but it's there, and, more importantly, my rl friend also uses it and couldn't very well ask me for help if I was using apache

    On topic, an interesting quote for you all
    Quote Originally Posted by Ars
    Vista's adoption rate over the past year actually exceeded XP's in 2001, and consumers apparently choose Vista over XP by a 7:1 margin.
    Quote Originally Posted by Ars
    In time, Microsoft will release another OS (Windows 7), and the entire cycle will repeat. Vista will go from the heartily-disliked upstart to the "real" OS that end users vow to clutch unto death. It's a process that has repeated itself multiple times in the computer industry, and it speaks more to humanity's dislike of change than it does to the strength or weakness of any Microsoft product. Definitive information won't be available until Microsoft deigns to speak on the matter, but thus far Vista's launch and first year look quite a bit like XP's. Check back a year after Windows 7 is released, and see if you don't see a trend.

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