It looks like iPhone 4 might be their Vista, and I’m OK with that. That’s another mantle they’re welcome to take. I actually read that headline last week, and I just sort of had to smile after I did cartwheels again.

Microsoft CTO Kevin Turner during the company’s partner conference in Washington, D.C.

It’s simply an outrageous assertion to make. Windows Vista was a poorly conceived operating system that demanded too much power and delivered jerky performance—and it was a market failure. There is simply nothing about iPhone 4 for that’s like Vista. The statement is pure FUD.

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