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What we have here is  a situation in which a Microsoft Product Manager got a bit too chummy with someone from Maximum PC and said a bit more than he should have about why Vista is such a huge mess. Stuff like:

• Instability thanks to bad GPU and/or printer drivers by third parties.

• Poorly implemented User Account Control.

• DirectX 10 should have been ported to Windows XP.

• OEM system builders are bad for including bad, buggy, or just plain useless apps on their machines in exchange for a few bucks on the back end.

• Games for Windows initiative is a disaster, with nothing more than 64-bit compatibility for games to show for years of effort.

• Apple is more appealing than Vista because "the hardware is slick, the price is OK, and Apple doesn’t annoy its customers (or allow third parties to)."

Read the complete interview to find out why it's other people who are mostly at fault.