That's really his only option.

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by static

11/13/01 9:36:12 PM

That's really his only option.

That is, make his new software "need" the new hardware so that PC owners will buy new PCs which will come with his new OS and continue funding MS. His other option is to actually innovate with the software and fix all the bugs yadda yadda and BillG simply can't accept that he is not already "innovating" nor even that there are bugs still to be fixed.

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InfoWorld:XP as bad as half as fast as 2K under heavy load. - (Another Scott) - (7) - Nov. 2, 2001, 02:06:43 PM EST

There's a simple explanation, apparently - (Ashton) - Nov. 2, 2001, 08:48:34 PM EST

Dual-proc or 2GHz+ boxes recommended for MS Office? - (bbronson) - (5) - Nov. 13, 2001, 09:32:35 PM EST

That's really his only option. - (static) - Nov. 13, 2001, 09:36:12 PM EST

Not that bad IME - (altmann) - (3) - Nov. 14, 2001, 01:27:44 AM EST

The problem was *Windows* XP, not Office XP. -NT - (CRConrad) - (2) - Nov. 14, 2001, 06:48:15 AM EST

Sorry, its hard keeping all the XPs straight - (altmann) - (1) - Nov. 14, 2001, 01:52:59 PM EST

Who knows, that's probably intentional... -NT - (CRConrad) - Nov. 14, 2001, 08:11:41 PM EST

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