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| I agrre!!!! | MS windows is the worse software out there now... but the most marketed..= | for the most dummys that belive in marketing not in technology. I've seen it described in a less emotional manner, as an illustration of an important economic fact: Given a shortage of money, there is usually a tradeoff between investing in a better product and investing in a marketing campaign. Microsoft is an illustration of one of the extremes of this tradeoff. They've shown what can be done if you don't worry at all about quality, but put all your money into marketing. Recently, they've also illustrated that "marketing" includes such things as political contributions. They contributed heavily to both sides in the recent American elections, and as payoff they're having the Justice Dept's lawsuit withdrawn, after a judicious wait so that most people won't see the connection. John "What, me cynical?" Chambers
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