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XP受到了名不副实的炒作，并且新的XP书籍继续以难以置信的速度出版。围绕XP恶性膨胀的呼声从各方面影响了产业界(有些是正面的，如同我们探求的，但大多数是负面的)。有鉴于此，我们感觉一本逆着XP浪潮，抵制XP的书是重要的。-XP was unworthy of the name of the hype, and the XP books continue to be published at an incredible rate. Vicious expansion around XP voice