Microsoft's existing operating system is a mess and even Microsoft is acknowledging this. If any concurrence is needed, then how about this news about Windows Vista winning the Fiasco Award by an overwhelming majority?

WINDOWS VISTA, out of the 6.403 people voting, 5.222 considered Microsoft's Operating System a Great Fiasco.

There are at least two lawsuits against Microsoft (over Vista) at the moment. One is pursuing a class action status, whereas another is looking it restore its class action status.

Lawyers for PC buyers are trying a new approach in an attempt to get U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman to reinstate the class-action status that she recently removed from the lawsuit over Microsoft's Windows Vista Capable marketing program.

Here is the court document [PDF]. ⬆

"[W]e're not going to have products that are much more successful than Vista has been."

--Steve Ballmer