In no way, shape or form am I (or others) 'bashing' Vista.  I am, however, recognizing the realities of the situation as it currently stands.  There's no doubt whatsoever that Vista has experienced many compatibility problems with 'legacy' software -- that is to say: software which was written prior to the release of Vista.  Repeating this fact does not constitute "bashing".  Nor is the observation of this fact strictly the province of individual malcontents: the onus behind MS's decision to support XP five years out is the result of recognizing that their large corporate clients aren't switching over to Vista in anything like a hurry.  And there are reasons -- valid reasons -- why the corporate world is doing this.

Perhaps MS will fix many of the very real problems with Vista this time around.  We'll see.  I hope that they do.  But I wouldn't be too hasty to dismiss as meaningless the legitimate complaints of some.  Sure, a few anti-MS-no-matter-what types are adding their shrill squeaks to the anti-Vista noise.  But I'm not one of those.  Nor are the corporations who are customers of MS's products........corporations who aren't buying into Vista in droves just yet.

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