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There are a few errors in the article such as Vista being the first Windows OS to have file permissions. Windows file permissions have been around since the introduction of the NTFS file system in 1992, 15 years ago. That is a BIG oversight.
For the desktop I prefer Vista because of MS Office applications and a few others. There is no counterpart to those applications in the *nix world. There are bits and pieces with compatibility options for older versions of MS Office. Open Office is one such package that provides only partial compatibility. That makes collaboration and interoperability issues I can do without. Finally, there are many websites I am required to use such as bank, brokerage and business websites that limit access to Internet Explorer exclusively. The Firefox plug ins to use the IE rendering engine don't work for these sites. I've tried. It is a website security issue to allow open source software to connect.
The bottom line is that Microsoft desktop products are a standard used throughout the USA.
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