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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Dan Attwood wrote on 19/09/14 08:17:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">ok i'll bite:
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<div>"<span style="font-family:'DejaVu Sans';font-size:13px"> </span><span
style="font-family:'DejaVu Sans';font-size:13px">Why someone
would buy proprietary software of extremely poor quality</span>"</div>
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<div>why is Windows 7 of extremely poor quality?</div>
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Bloated, buggy, virus prone. There's extensive documentation on this
topic. For a more extensive treatment from a former MS employee I'd
suggest <i>After the Software Wars</i> by Keith Curtis. I wasn't
referring to Windows 7 in particular (sorry if I gave that
impression) and perhaps the most obvious objection is the cost. I'm
mainly concerned with who makes the decisions about software for
publicly funded institutions and what arguments are given for the
choice in question.<br>
Jonathan <br>
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