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How competition made Vista better
by Marc Perton Sep 26th 2005 at 4:54PM
If you haven't read it yet, be sure check out this Wall Street Journal article about the genesis of Windows Vista. Of particular note is the way Microsoft has attempted to remake itself in the face of competition from Google, Apple and Linux. It's a nice reminder that, even monopolies need some healthy competition to stay on their toes. Of course, the competition may still beat Microsoft, but the fight will make all of their products that much better.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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Gardiner Westbound said 7:58AM on 9-27-2005
It's probably a great article, but a paid subscription is required to access it.
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Mr. Skepse said 3:12PM on 9-27-2005
agre with Mr. Westbound... Therefore You, editors, can safely remove this article from Your page. None of the article shows up here, and none of it i can access while i have not paid to WJ. Useless pointing to Vista doesn't make You any better. :)
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