what if... [modified]
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microsoft launched windows iOS 8 and nobody bothered? [edit] hey maybe i'm wrong and they get it right and it's totally awesome and we all love it their track record just doesn't inspire confidence in me [/edit]
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
modified on Friday, June 3, 2011 8:09 AM
Nobody bothered... ...to eat breakfast that day? ...to drive on the correct side of the road? ...to use deodorant? ...to respect the laws of physics? I have well thought out answers to all of these but need to know which to provide. My talent must not be used frivolously.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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microsoft launched windows iOS 8 and nobody bothered? [edit] hey maybe i'm wrong and they get it right and it's totally awesome and we all love it their track record just doesn't inspire confidence in me [/edit]
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
modified on Friday, June 3, 2011 8:09 AM
While I see your point and agree it would be sorta funny, regardless of how bad it is there will always be a ton of people who will upgrade to the "latest and greatest" as soon as possible, even if its anything but greatest. Me personally, I made the mistake of upgrading to Vista rather early. I went up to Weven as soon as I could just to get away from Vista. But for W8, I think I will wait that one out for a while and see how the programmers and whatnot like it. I could care less how somebody who only checks FB likes it. I would not be the least bit surprised if 7 became the new xp(people using it for years after it was "outdated".
Programming is a race between programmers trying to build bigger and better idiot proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots, so far... the universe is winning.
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Nobody bothered... ...to eat breakfast that day? ...to drive on the correct side of the road? ...to use deodorant? ...to respect the laws of physics? I have well thought out answers to all of these but need to know which to provide. My talent must not be used frivolously.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
Chris Maunder wrote:
My talent must not be used frivolously.
Aw, c'mon! It's Friday, a day just made for frivolity! :laugh:
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norm i have no problem with MS succeeding on the desktop ... in fact i agree with what you say as it pays a lot of my bills too ... i just wish they wouldn't throw out their strengths trying to play other people games i guess it's just the same old MS trying to be #1 in *every* market ... sadly they usually f**k up in almost everything outside of windows and office (a few other lately too) but haters gotta hate (and i do hate them as a corporation) :)
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
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l a u r e n wrote:
microsoft launched windows iOS 8 and nobody WAS bothered?
With a simple word addition, I changed your question to be even more implausible than it was to begin with.
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microsoft launched windows iOS 8 and nobody bothered? [edit] hey maybe i'm wrong and they get it right and it's totally awesome and we all love it their track record just doesn't inspire confidence in me [/edit]
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
modified on Friday, June 3, 2011 8:09 AM
l a u r e n wrote:
their track record just doesn't inspire confidence in me
I'd second that vote. Microsoft and I go way back, pre-Windows to present, and only three products have been worth noting - Win95 (the first version that actually worked), Win2K (which was the first reasonably secure version), and Win7. Everything in between was broken, defective crap, or in the case of XP, a huge bug fix with a (happily) defeatable children's UI. I don't expect them to get 2 in a row right, but if they do, I'll cheer them on. :-D
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