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   From: nobody@haph.org   
      
   Paul  news:10jjl3p$22go$1@dont-email.me Tue, 06 Jan   
   2026 18:43:04 GMT in comp.os.linux.advocacy, wrote:   
      
   > Vista was fine after SP2 was installed. It was then pretty close   
   > to being a Win7 candidate release (same quality level). A few small   
   > touches in Vista, were nice -- such as the Search option that when   
   > the Search did not find your item, there was a "Try Harder" button :-)   
   >   
   > Windows is a rolling release, that started from the Vista rewrite.   
      
      
   Please elaborate further on this rewrite? I'm unaware of vista being a rewrite.   
      
   > Overall, the OS you use today, has a lot of legacy "smell" in some   
   > layers, and hidden by creamy Ranch Dressing on top. To protect   
   > the innocent, no doubt.   
      
   Backwards compatibility for the most part.  It's something MS was at one point   
   taking seriously.   
      
      
      
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