XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 20:18:43 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 16:15:04 +0000, Brian Gregory wrote:   
   >   
   >> Windows Vista did seem to have a bad reputation, but actually it was   
   >> very like Windows 7 ...   
   >   
   > Gee, I wonder why the users couldn’t be satisfied with that? Do you   
   > think it would have helped if Microsoft had explained to them that   
   > “Vista actually is very like Windows 7, so if you like Windows 7, you’re   
   > bound to like Vista!”?   
      
   I consider myself lucky to have went from 7 to 10, bypassing Vista and 8.   
      
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