#46 An Immodest (Software) Proposal

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Earlier this year Microsoft Corporation ™ released Windows Vista (registered trademark). The Computer Users Community greeted it with an enthusiastic yawn despite the fact that retailers pushed Vista as if it was an invention on a par with the wheel, the electric light, and that bathroom cleaner with scrubbing bubbles.

By contrast, when Apple announced the iPhone the geek world went nuts so fast you’d think that every one sold was going to include a free date with a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model. This excitement came despite the fact that the iPhone costs more than other phones, doesn’t really do anything they don’t and locks you into a single provider.

In the tech world Steve Jobs is a rock star of Jaggeresque proportions. Bill Gates is more like an American Idol contestant who makes it on the show, but gets eliminated before you really get to know him.

Fortunately, he has billions and billions of dollars with which to console himself. 

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