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	<title>Discretionary Thoughts &#187; Microsoft</title>
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		<title>Strategic Speed with Product Development Cycles</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick note on computer operating systems today.  Dry you might think?  How applicable to my Automotive or Manufacturing business struggling right now with high fuel costs?  A lot.
It&#8217;s not too hard to get into a cocktail discussion comparing Windows Vista (or XP) to Mac or Linux and find fans in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forcing Customers to Choose &#8211; never a good move</title>
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		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I made a comment over on &#8220;XP era ends: Will Vista step up?&#8221; (additional content added here after the **** break).  Microsoft is discontinuing Windows XP pre-installed systems to force everyone to Vista (or to Mac and Linux as the trend seems to be).

Microsoft planned for Moore&#8217;s Law&#8230; right down to forecasting what people [...]]]></description>
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