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[Nvyseal]

images/news/windows.jpgMicrosoft last week traveled to San Francisco, rounding up Windows XP users who had negative impressions of Vista. The subjects were put on video, asked about their Vista impressions, and then shown a "new" operating system, code-named Mojave. More than 90 percent gave positive feedback on what they saw. Then they were told that "Mojave" was actually Windows Vista.

"Oh wow," said one user, eliciting exactly the exclamation that Microsoft had hoped to garner when it first released the operating system more than 18 months ago. Instead, the operating system got mixed reviews and criticisms for its lack of compatibility and other headaches.

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[m.oreilly]

that's interesting, but i have one question: what was the blog author's previous first name...?

[Roadrunner]

Showing what Vista was promised to be and not what it actually is is not exactly eye opening-
I'm sure there are more than a few that could spin Vista into either a gift from heaven or hell.

[m.oreilly]

i can't believe you guys just sloughed off the blog "ladies" profile...ok, i live in a little one-horse town, but still...

[highlander]

Vista is an AWESOME OS... why keep bashing it?

[VROSA]

I want to know what Scara thinks of this "new OS" ... Mojave ?

[Nvyseal]

m.oreilly, on Jul 24 2008, 08:20 AM, said:

that's interesting, but i have one question: what was the blog author's previous first name...?

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Ina Fried (previously Ian Fried) is a senior staff writer for CNET Network's News.com. She is designated as a personal technology writer and generally covers Microsoft related stories in her CNET blog "Beyond Binary." She presently serves as a National Vice President for the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association.[1]

Prior to June 2003, Fried transitioned from a man to a woman and changed her byline from "Ian Fried" to "Ina Fried".[1]

Before joining CNET in 2000, Fried wrote for the Orange County Business Journal, the Orange County Register, and Bridge News.