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Gates: Vista Is ‘Very Successful’

Outgoing head defends Microsoft's new OS

By Laila Weir, Newser User

Posted Jan 7, 2008 3:40 PM CST

(Newser) – On his way out the door, Bill Gates is defending Windows Vista, the OS that has failed to woo consumers away from Microsoft's older Windows XP. "I think a lot of people would say it was the best new product of the year,”... Read full story »

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