Not sure what today's has me giggling so hard.
http://xkcd.com/528/
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Darren New wrote:
> Not sure what today's has me giggling so hard.

Wait - there's a *beta* now?? o_O

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On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:11:11 +0000, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

>Darren New wrote:
>> Not sure what today's has me giggling so hard.
>
>Wait - there's a *beta* now?? o_O

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7817190.stm
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>> 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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