Microsoft unveiled Windows 7 this week. It didn't take long for the first reports of problems to begin trickling in. How is it possible that the biggest software company in the world, with something like 96% market share, cannot roll out a new product without taking two steps backward for every one forward? It's not like expectations are very high.  Vista was such an unmitigated disaster that Windows 7 would have to cripple the user's computer immediately upon installation for it to be viewed as a downgrade.  Despite millions of dollars in advertising, the Official Random Stock Survey of...

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