Mary Jo Says Vista News Discuss Mary Jo Says in the Windows Vista forums; Is Microsoft Office 2007 outselling Windows Vista? Friday, September 14, 2007, 12:35:01 PM | Mary Jo Foley The Office team hasn't been talking sales figures -- at least not ...

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Is Microsoft Office 2007 outselling Windows Vista?
Friday, September 14, 2007, 12:35:01 PM | Mary Jo Foley
The Office team hasn't been talking sales figures -- at least not until now. But according to information shared during a recent briefing with certain members of the French tech press, Microsoft allegedly has sold 70 million copies of Office 2007 to date. Vista has sold 60 million, last we heard.
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Microsoft to force Messenger users to upgrade
Thursday, September 13, 2007, 10:34:52 AM | Mary Jo Foley
Some time in the next few weeks, Microsoft is going to require all users of its Messenger instant-messaging service to upgrade to Windows Live Messenger 8.1, in the name of security
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Microsoft details search changes coming in Vista Service Pack 1
Wednesday, September 12, 2007, 1:32:05 PM | Mary Jo Foley
Microsoft published to its Web site over the past few days documentation that details changes the company is making to its built-in Vista search functionality that will be introduced with Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1.
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Microsoft has changed (some of) its monopolistic ways
These changes aren't, for the most part, voluntary; many are happening because times have changed. But Microsoft also has altered some of its less-than-ethical ways as a result of court rulings in the U.S. and overseas.

[Vistanoob]

I've never used instant messaging because of all the security holes I have read about. I hope the new version is safer. I don't know enough about it yet, but I'm going to read up on it. Wonder if the "less than ethical ways" include stealth updates.