>> Wait - there's a *beta* now?? o_O
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7817190.stm

Jesus, I thought they were *kidding*! I thought that was a *joke*!

You mean to tell me they're seriously about to release a brand new 
version of Windows, when Vista has still reached > 0.001% acceptance??

I'm stunned.

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On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:23:08 +0000, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>> Wait - there's a *beta* now?? o_O
>> 
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7817190.stm
> 
> Jesus, I thought they were *kidding*! I thought that was a *joke*!
> 
> You mean to tell me they're seriously about to release a brand new
> version of Windows, when Vista has still reached > 0.001% acceptance??
> 
> I'm stunned.

When a product fails in the marketplace, sometimes it's prudent to 
replace it with something that people might actually want.

Jim

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Jim Henderson wrote:

> 
> When a product fails in the marketplace, sometimes it's prudent to 
> replace it with something that people might actually want.
> 
> Jim

Windows 7 looks awfully similar to Vista. Just saying.

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Mike Raiford wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
> 
>>
>> When a product fails in the marketplace, sometimes it's prudent to 
>> replace it with something that people might actually want.
>>
>> Jim
> 
> Windows 7 looks awfully similar to Vista. Just saying.
> 

What? Are you actually suggesting that the Edsel Mark II will sell just 
as badly as the Edsel? lol (Mind, they where not dumb enough to make a 
Mark II, but...)

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void main () {
   If Schrödingers_cat is alive or version > 98 {
     if version = "Vista" {
       call slow_by_half();
       call DRM_everything();
     }
     call functional_code();
   }
   else
     call crash_windows();
}

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On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:42:46 -0600, Mike Raiford wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
> 
> 
>> When a product fails in the marketplace, sometimes it's prudent to
>> replace it with something that people might actually want.
>> 
>> Jim
> 
> Windows 7 looks awfully similar to Vista. Just saying.

That doesn't surprise me.  :-)

Jim

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Henderson [mailto:nos### [at] nospamcom]
> On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:42:46 -0600, Mike Raiford wrote:
> > Windows 7 looks awfully similar to Vista. Just saying.
> 
> That doesn't surprise me.  :-)

Considering it's already earned the nickname "Vista done right" :)

...Ben Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com

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On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:00:56 -0800, Chambers wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jim Henderson [mailto:nos### [at] nospamcom] On Fri, 09 Jan 2009
>> 12:42:46 -0600, Mike Raiford wrote:
>> > Windows 7 looks awfully similar to Vista. Just saying.
>> 
>> That doesn't surprise me.  :-)
> 
> Considering it's already earned the nickname "Vista done right" :)

I think that will remain to be seen. :-)

Jim

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Mike Raiford wrote:
> Windows 7 looks awfully similar to Vista. Just saying.

Guess what the first Vista beta looked like.

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Chambers wrote:
> Considering it's already earned the nickname "Vista done right" :)

That reminds me of Linus Torvalds's opinion on SVN...

"Because my hatred of CVS has meant that I see Subversion as being the most
pointless project ever started. The slogan of Subversion for a while
was 'CVS done right', or something like that, and if you start with that
kind of slogan, there's nowhere you can go. There is no way to do CVS
right."

(PS: I disagree with that)

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Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> Mike Raiford wrote:
>> Windows 7 looks awfully similar to Vista. Just saying.
> 
> Guess what the first Vista beta looked like.

Vista? ):->

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