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> Microsoft has been made aware of the shortcomings of OE as a newsclient
> (and mailclient, for that matter) for many years now. However, bug fixes
> don't seem to be a priority with them, as each new version adds more and
> more features - and therefor, more and more bugs - without addressing
> previous problems.
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> The same can be said for all their products. People don't need an OS that
> can play another 15 different types of proprietary media formats. People
> need an OS that's stable and doesn't allow every Tom, Dick or Harry from the
> internet to erase the HDD just because the webpage said so.
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> Do you honestly think that most people use even 10% of the functionality
> provided by MSWord or Excel?