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MISS: Vista
MISS: Vista
January 2007
Windows Vista, originally scheduled for release Christmas 2006, finally debuts after a highly-publicized delay and billions of dollars in research and development. The Vista operating system is a descendant of the OS/2 architecture, but is widely criticized for its poor performance and its failure to work with other software programs.

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Farewell, Mr. Gates
Gates looks back
Gates looks back
Bill Gates gave Fortune magazine exclusive access to some rare photos from the Microsoft archives - and shared his memories about them. (more)
An icon's second act
An icon's second act
For Bill Gates, retirement means time to rethink philanthropy, learn biochemistry, and eradicate malaria. (more)
The end of an era
The end of an era
After Gates is gone, it’s going to be tricky for CEO Steve Ballmer to tackle growth, Google - and those pesky Apple ads. ( (more)
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