Weven
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I was just in a discussion where the word "Weven" came up as a reference to "Windows 7". I like this and will be using it from now on. Does this mean that "Windows 8" could be "Weight" or perhaps, more aptly, "Wait"? How many other renames of O/Ses could we come up with - derogatory or otherwise?
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Forogar wrote:
"Weight" or perhaps, more aptly, "Wait"
'Weight' is apt, it has so much bloatware!
"For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza
CP article: SmartPager - a Flickr-style pager control with go-to-page popup layer.
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Wow, you're well behind the times. We've known Windows 7 as Weven for years now. I believe it was JSOP who christened Windows 8 as Wait. Obviously, we have Wine and When coming up soon.
Chill _Maxxx_
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I heard a similar argument when XP came out, that it looked like a toy. I would say 8 is more like Windows 2[^], flat, boring, single-tasking. Thanks Microsoft for taking a great OS like Windows 7 (Weven) and turning it into what Windows ME was to Windows 98. They are turning all computers into tablets, which is useless in a productivity environment, works great if all you use a computer for is Movies and Web, but doesn't work for me.
You are right. The way it looks is secondary, but they took the 'take it or leave it' approach. No compromise. I have a little more to do than movies and web and actually could not care less about toy phones and tablets. And if this company clearly tells me to get lost...
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True, but that project has been called 'Wine' for so long, I doubt they are willing to change the name. :-\ Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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windows.wine, then.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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You mean Whine?
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
I was trying to be nice.
Chill _Maxxx_
CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier -
Forogar wrote:
Windows 8" could be "Weight"
Win 8 is not funny at all. A better name would have been Windows FP (for Fisher Price), codenamed 'Disneyland', made by Mickeysoft.
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I hear that since I've been calling it "baby-blocks", those words have been banned in certain buildings. The CP lounge does appear to carry some... er, what's a synonym of "weight", in this context?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I heard a similar argument when XP came out, that it looked like a toy. I would say 8 is more like Windows 2[^], flat, boring, single-tasking. Thanks Microsoft for taking a great OS like Windows 7 (Weven) and turning it into what Windows ME was to Windows 98. They are turning all computers into tablets, which is useless in a productivity environment, works great if all you use a computer for is Movies and Web, but doesn't work for me.
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Wow, you're well behind the times. We've known Windows 7 as Weven for years now. I believe it was JSOP who christened Windows 8 as Wait. Obviously, we have Wine and When coming up soon.
Chill _Maxxx_
CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier -
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Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
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I hear that since I've been calling it "baby-blocks", those words have been banned in certain buildings. The CP lounge does appear to carry some... er, what's a synonym of "weight", in this context?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
