From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 5/02/2026 7:10 am, The Horny Goat wrote:   
   > On Thu, 18 Dec 2025 09:56:10 -0500, Paul    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> Vista took quite a while to write (5 years).   
   >>   
   >> Vista wasn't tested properly when it was rushed out.   
   >> It needed SP1 and SP2 to make it whole. And Windows 7   
   >> profited from the effort.   
   >   
   > Microsoft has a tendency to make alternate OS versions good and   
   > mediocre and this goes back to early MS-DOS days. For example Win 7   
   > and 10 were OK, 4, 8 and 11 not so much. (Win 3 wasn't bad by the end   
   > but Win 3.0 was inadequate at best and a disaster at worst)   
   >   
   Makes you wonder how BAD Wins 5, 6, and 9 might have been!!   
   --   
   Daniel70   
      
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