Double ouch for Microsoft

From a Wall Street Journal article called "Tech Firms Still Await a Windows Vista Boost."

1. Dell recently said it would let customers request Windows XP rather than Vista on certain new computers. Microsoft has "never had a [computer maker] rebel that way," says tech guru Paul Kedrosky.
2. [M]arket research firm Millward Brown just anointed Google the world's No. 1 brand, replacing Microsoft.