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This really is not The Heck With Microsoft dot com. Honest. I have used Windows since its introduction. It just seems that the Redmond software giant keeps making bad decisions about its less-than-stellar software offerings, especially Windows Vista. By all accounts (well, all trusted accounts) they have produced an operating system in Windows Vista that is a real pain to use, is slower by far than its predecessor (Windows XP),  for which developers are not developing, and corporate users are not jumping.

Microsoft seems oblivious to the problems, reporting only happy, happy news about their worst operating system since ME (thanks to reader Joshoua for reminding me of that flop!). The popular industry magazine InfoWorld has even started a page where you can ask Steve Ballmer to keep XP on the shelves and supported. To date, over 200,000 people have signed the petition on that page. I ask you: Who is in the right here? Steve Ballmer or 200,000 people who actually use Windows, with more signing on every day?

(By the way, that's Steve above and to the right, clearly signalling the value added by Windows Vista.)

I know it’s hard, Steve, to admit you have made a mistake. But take that famous first step: admit that you have a problem. Then take a hard look at what you have planned for us next. It had better be much superior to both XP and Vista. You are running what is primarily supposed to be an operating system company. You should be able to produce a good operating system. If you want all these complaints to go away, all you have to do is release a good product.

Then you can go back to worrying about the U.S. Justice Department and the European Union and those pesky questions about your business practices.