Longhorn, a difficult-to-herd animal of the Nor'West, has been roped, corralled and rebranded as Vista. As you know, a Vista is something placid you have outside the plate glass picture window rather than something unruly that might break Windows.
Microsoft has done an impressive job of getting its Vista system inside the fenced in enclosure and hitched up to the rest of the herd. For a long time, Windows looked like a go-it-alone critter that didn't want to be bothered by any other wranglers on the range. Now it's sociable, if not downright agreeable.
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