Never mind the quality

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Software is able to do many more things than it used to, but is it really better and more efficient? Charles Arthur says that there's was not much point in putting that question to Microsoft chief Bill Gates.

[QQ]I once asked Bill Gates why the quality of software hadn't improvedreally better and more efficient? Charles Arthur says that there's was not much point in putting that question to Microsoft ch...

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