Here's something for the developers to do:
gtvr | 09/23/09
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pray do tell
Snarfiorix | 09/23/09
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Interesting...
storm14k | 09/23/09
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False Choice Fallacy...
BFD | 09/23/09
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However...
zkiwi | 09/23/09
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It's not fatalistic...
DevStar | 09/23/09
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Nice try...
zkiwi | 09/23/09
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@zkiwi...
PollyProteus | 09/23/09
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re "it's not fantastic"
firemouth | 09/24/09
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I think medicine IS more complex...
shadfurman | 09/24/09
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re: firemouth
shadfurman | 09/24/09
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@zkiwi... has a point
lachgil | 09/24/09
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Software IS a special case zkiwi
SlithyTove | 09/28/09
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Software like bridges is a fundamentally wrong argument
jorgeleo | 09/30/09
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Hope for the best, prepare for the worste
T1Oracle | 09/23/09
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Pithy statements
NonZealot | 09/23/09
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Thats like saying we should end world hunger while typing on your computer.
shadfurman | 09/24/09
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I fell for it!
mathcreative | 09/24/09
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yes but!
shadfurman | 09/24/09
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So your saying...
Snarfiorix | 09/23/09
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Who claims they are not?
GuidingLight | 09/23/09
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Actually, I would say no
NonZealot | 09/23/09
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Silly debate
Andrej.G. | 09/24/09
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Interesting again...
storm14k | 09/23/09
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Again, it is naive
NonZealot | 09/23/09
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Necessity is the mother of invention
T1Oracle | 09/23/09
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Interesting
Snarfiorix | 09/23/09
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Debugging first, bloating second
David Spencer-20660146163390554490918120654216 | 09/25/09
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No code is, or ever will be, "bug free"
mwagner@... | 09/23/09
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There once was a 100% virus/bug/malware free OS
dinosoft@... | 09/23/09
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Nope, there never was
rtk | 09/23/09
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Yes there was!!
T1Oracle | 09/23/09
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There is software where bug free code is truly a goal
NonZealot | 09/23/09
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One more consequence you left out...
Wolfie2K3 | 09/23/09
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Speed and functionality
NonZealot | 09/23/09
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@ Non-Z: I think you missed the point...
Wolfie2K3 | 09/23/09
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Simple
NonZealot | 09/23/09
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You missed one!
leopards | 09/23/09
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However,...
windozefreak | 09/23/09
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the good ol' days
unforgiventoo | 09/24/09
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The Commodore64 had bugs y'know!
de-void | 09/24/09
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That was a pen and paper.
baileysc | 10/01/09
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God, human's and bugs.
rtk | 10/01/09
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UI
chromeronin | 09/23/09
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Vista was "hard to learn?"
Wolfie2K3 | 09/23/09
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Not hard - impossible
IT_User | 09/25/09
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Actually with Windows 9...
shane@... | 09/23/09
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Agreed
TWBurger | 09/24/09
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I don't have any problems with windows being insecure.
shadfurman | 09/24/09
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TLZ
larry@... | 09/23/09
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hot air for a doomed product
Linux Geek | 09/23/09
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Why would it want a bloated kernel?
eqpc | 09/23/09
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which also sucks the life from your battery?
eggmanbubbagee@... | 09/23/09
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And isn't compatible with ...
de-void | 09/23/09
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Thats what people have been asking all along...
storm14k | 09/23/09
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So true!
Snarfiorix | 09/23/09
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I agree...
storm14k | 09/23/09
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Thats funny...
Snarfiorix | 09/23/09
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Really? And you know this because ... ?
de-void | 09/23/09
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So then...
storm14k | 09/23/09
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How can you be right?
eqpc | 09/23/09
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Exactly right...
Wolfie2K3 | 09/23/09
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Actually, you'd be surprised ...
de-void | 09/24/09
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What you define as bloat ...
de-void | 09/24/09
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Actually Windows Kernel is pretty light...
thenetavenger | 09/24/09
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Torvald's Statement Out of Context! 
i2fun@... | 09/23/09
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Speaking of "getting educated"...
Wolfie2K3 | 09/23/09
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Windows Hybrid Monolithic vs Linux Hybrid Modular
i2fun@... | 09/24/09
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Windows runs a kernel compiler for many Program and Driver installs...
PollyProteus | 09/24/09
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Where Are You From? Not American!
i2fun@... | 09/25/09
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You don't have a clue....
thenetavenger | 09/24/09
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Well done, Sir!
Linkager | 09/24/09
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Maybe you should have your own blog here...
eqpc | 09/25/09
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Total, utter and complete garbage
de-void | 09/24/09
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You're Very Funny, But Don't Quit Your Day Job! 
i2fun@... | 09/25/09
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@i2fun: You're sadly misinformed ...
de-void | 10/06/09
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linux kernel w/ a devastating exploit
LBiege | 09/23/09
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MS hasn't been sued....
storm14k | 09/23/09
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MS Hasn't been sued ?
mluschas@... | 09/23/09
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Or its possible...
storm14k | 09/23/09
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hmmmm
stevehabs | 09/25/09
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Almost all software is use at your own risk
thookerov | 09/23/09
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Was the Massive hole ever actually exploited?
leopards | 09/23/09
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Funny... The only hot air I see blowing...
Wolfie2K3 | 09/23/09
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"if"?
NStalnecker | 09/23/09
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Oh come now... He's been predicting their demise...
Wolfie2K3 | 09/23/09
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You are a predictable troll
bobiroc | 09/23/09
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Again Mary Jo? Seriously...
SystemVoid | 09/23/09
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Let me guess though
rtk | 09/23/09
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I don't know...
SystemVoid | 09/24/09
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Karmic Koala and Lucid Lynx
rtk | 09/25/09
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RE: Windows 8: More early clues start to emerge
KMFP | 09/23/09
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I think...
Jeff_D_Programmer | 09/23/09
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sad but true
boed | 09/23/09
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Total, utter and complete nonsense
de-void | 09/23/09
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Question
Viva la crank dodo | 09/23/09
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Answer:
de-void | 09/24/09
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MS MVPs
boed | 09/24/09
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changes or bugs?
PollyProteus | 09/24/09
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I have helped ...
de-void | 09/24/09
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I guess I'm alone
boed | 09/24/09
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You're wrong to assume Microsoft doesn't listen to its customers
de-void | 09/25/09
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Their own employees don't know how to give feedback
boed | 09/25/09
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Your experience is atypical
de-void | 10/06/09
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I wish MS would ask consumers what they want
boed | 09/23/09
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Actually you'd be surprised...
PollyProteus | 09/23/09
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yup
thookerov | 09/23/09
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reading into my comment and not reading my comment
boed | 09/23/09
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My end users however have no desire to learn computer interfaces.
PollyProteus | 09/23/09
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But why?
boed | 09/23/09
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Actually it's not Microsoft's responsibility to...
PollyProteus | 09/23/09
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LOL
boed | 09/23/09
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@BOED - "Never ending list and 2 are not exactly on par."
PollyProteus | 09/23/09
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There's one factor you need to consider...
Wolfie2K3 | 09/23/09
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Code
boed | 09/23/09
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Wish...
thenetavenger | 09/24/09
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Consumers are about 80% of MS sales
No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/26/09
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I said that wrong, consumers are about 20%, business is 80%
No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/26/09
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Planning sessions are well under way?
ye | 09/23/09
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Not really.
de-void | 09/23/09
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There should be more than one team.
ye | 09/23/09
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What makes you think there isn't?
de-void | 09/24/09
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I get the impression that you have never worked in software development.
B.O.F.H. | 09/23/09
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Already?? It's WAY too soon...
chas_2 | 09/23/09
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And what would you have...
PollyProteus | 09/23/09
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Add to that...
Wolfie2K3 | 09/23/09
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Your message is all wrong!
Pyrotech_z | 09/23/09
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Why?
de-void | 09/23/09
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RE:Already?? It's WAY too soon
BernieLyons | 09/23/09
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Which version will that be???
David Hamilton | 09/23/09
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My bet is they'll call it "Five point one"...
David Hamilton | 09/23/09
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The 6.1 version number for Win7 thing ...
de-void | 09/23/09
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Microsoft have never got the hang of version numbering
David Hamilton | 09/23/09
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If there is any company that doesn't get version numbering.
rtk | 09/23/09
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Agreed, but...
David Hamilton | 09/23/09
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Perhaps ...
de-void | 09/24/09
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Blame Install Shield
mswift@... | 09/23/09
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Nope! Blame the app vendor.
de-void | 09/24/09
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Win NT numbers
Pyrotech_z | 09/23/09
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So, in 2011, you're calling tech support...
David Hamilton | 09/23/09
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Tech support will more likely say "press...
PollyProteus | 09/23/09
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You say: "Windows 2000" not "Windows 5.0".
ye | 09/23/09
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How difficult is it to wait...
David Hamilton | 09/23/09
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Why do you care? Seriously.
ye | 09/23/09
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Why have a name at all?
David Hamilton | 09/23/09
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@David Hamilton: Again: Why do you care? Seriously.
ye | 09/23/09
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And you don't care?
David Hamilton | 09/23/09
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@David Hamilton: No, I don't care.
ye | 09/23/09
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I care because it is stupid and unnecessary.
David Hamilton | 09/23/09
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@David Hamilton: Have they?
ye | 09/23/09
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Sigh! I will explain this very slowly
David Hamilton | 09/23/09
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@David Hamilton: Let me help you with your "problem".
ye | 09/23/09
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LOL @ Ye
bobiroc | 09/23/09
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It's not a problem because the first thing ...
mwagner@... | 09/23/09
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This has been posted before
JasonJD48 | 09/23/09
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Win NT, by the numbers...
Wolfie2K3 | 09/23/09
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That's because
JasonJD48 | 09/23/09
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Why? Because Micrsoft screwed up the ...
mwagner@... | 09/23/09
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It's clear to me that you are not the technical kind...
vmhatre | 09/23/09
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RE: Which version will that be
BernieLyons | 09/23/09
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RE: Windows 8: More early clues start to emerge
Danny Grizzle | 09/23/09
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RE: Windows 8: More early clues start to emerge
RazorEdge | 09/23/09
|
|
What makes you think Windows 8 will be out in less than a few years?
Wolfie2K3 | 09/23/09
|
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RE: Windows 8: More early clues start to emerge
MLeonhardt@... | 09/23/09
|
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And how is this relevant...
PollyProteus | 09/23/09
|
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Nobody cares
James T. Kirk | 09/24/09
|
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RE: Windows 8: More early clues start to emerge
anonymuos | 09/23/09
|
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what features would those be that got...
PollyProteus | 09/23/09
|
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Indeed mindlessly removed
anonymuos | 09/23/09
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Specifics please.
PollyProteus | 09/23/09
|
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Can you be more specific?
NStalnecker | 09/23/09
|
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Ok I'll bite
bobiroc | 09/23/09
|
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RE:plans to put back some features
BernieLyons | 09/23/09
|
|
Instead of searching the start menu...
PollyProteus | 09/23/09
|
|
I agree
bobiroc | 09/23/09
|
|
My guess would be
rtk | 09/23/09
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RE:plans to put back some features
BernieLyons | 09/23/09
|
|
Win9 is NEXT!
pupkin_z | 09/23/09
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|
Yes after 7 comes 8 then comes 9..
bobiroc | 09/23/09
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|
6 is scared of 7 'cause 7 8te 9
M Grobler | 09/23/09
|
|
I wish the journalist would think before writing
rupaa62 | 09/23/09
|
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The title was pretty clear
rtk | 09/23/09
|
|
We should not listen to the morons
rupaa62 | 09/23/09
|
|
I think Mary-Jo has done a lot more thinking than you have ever done!
eqpc | 09/23/09
|
|
Likely trolling for this kind of response.
invmgr@... | 09/23/09
|
|
Didn't Bambi's mother get shot?...
eqpc | 09/23/09
|
|
I think enough you have no brains
rupaa62 | 09/23/09
|
|
What has your earnings got to do with it?
eqpc | 09/24/09
|
|
This noob doesn't troll very well
DonRupertBitByte | 09/24/09
|
|
Comments from minor leagers
rupaa62 | 10/02/09
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RE: Thinking about the future of OS'
wolflight | 09/24/09
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I wish the ZDNET talkbacker would think before...
DonRupertBitByte | 09/23/09
|
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Your just another no clue computer user
rupaa62 | 09/23/09
|
|
HA!
krsanford | 09/24/09
|
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Sorry about updating
rupaa62 | 10/02/09
|
|
Try to spell words correctly first.
DonRupertBitByte | 09/24/09
|
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RE: I wish the journalist would think before writing
BernieLyons | 09/23/09
|
|
you got it correct
rupaa62 | 09/23/09
|
|
Have you not got any homework to do? {nt}
eqpc | 09/24/09
|
|
Well said!
wolflight | 09/24/09
|
|
WIN 7 and they are talking about win8
carlsf@... | 09/23/09
|
|
OK....
NStalnecker | 09/23/09
|
|
RE: start menu, too bad so sad,
BernieLyons | 09/23/09
|
|
It's still there...
NStalnecker | 09/23/09
|
|
RE: It's still there....
wolflight | 09/24/09
|
|
I think that you will find that
bobiroc | 09/24/09
|
|
As I typed above...
PollyProteus | 09/23/09
|
|
Maybe you should go through the tour
bobiroc | 09/23/09
|
|
Do you actually work in IT?
bobiroc | 09/23/09
|
|
OOo will use the ribbon.
Lester Young | 09/24/09
|
|
NT Ups Follow PIN Count Ups....
VONDRASHEK@... | 09/23/09
|
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RE: Windows 8: More early clues start to emerge
boed | 09/23/09
|
|
RE: Windows 8: More early clues start to emerge
bearlyworking | 09/23/09
|
|
There's something I'd like: Accessibility
Grayson Peddie | 09/23/09
|
|
Agreed
David Hamilton | 09/23/09
|
|
Yes after 7 comes 8 and then comes 9
bobiroc | 09/23/09
|
|
Or in the case of MS Word...
David Hamilton | 09/23/09
|
|
yes: 2000!!!
David Hamilton | 09/23/09
|
|
97 was the year
bobiroc | 09/23/09
|
|
Why do you ask?
eqpc | 09/23/09
|
|
I meant that post higher up
bobiroc | 09/23/09
|
|
Need single user capability
john3347@... | 09/23/09
|
|
Your OS would be.....
Lester Young | 09/23/09
|
|
Okay, you got me confused on that one...
PollyProteus | 09/23/09
|
|
If I'm correct, he wants a single-user operating system.
Grayson Peddie | 09/23/09
|
|
Those aren't single user systems...
PollyProteus | 09/23/09
|
|
Ah...
Grayson Peddie | 09/23/09
|
|
OMG!!! 7 must be a failure!!!!
Lester Young | 09/23/09
|
|
Yup
NStalnecker | 09/23/09
|
|
I sure hope you are being sarcastic
bobiroc | 09/23/09
|
|
Yes
NStalnecker | 09/23/09
|
|
rest assured (nt)
Lester Young | 09/24/09
|
|
Too fast..
djdirty | 09/23/09
|
|
CIOs and Very Early Adoption of OSes
Grayson Peddie | 09/23/09
|
|
Bigger and Better in the Tech World
bobiroc | 09/23/09
|
|
Yer..
djdirty | 09/23/09
|
|
RE: Windows 8: More early clues start to emerge
Mike062 | 09/23/09
|
|
NOT so fast....
Mike from Philly | 09/23/09
|
|
You obviously have no grasp
bobiroc | 09/23/09
|
|
Why is this a surprise from some people?
NStalnecker | 09/23/09
|
|
Pick up the pace on that treadmill
Chad_z | 09/23/09
|
|
Boring boring boring
alpinesoft | 09/24/09
|
|
Agreed
AndyPagin | 09/24/09
|
|
Best Blog Ever
MikeDevenney | 09/24/09
|
|
This plan = more $$ for Microsoft
apexwebmaster | 09/24/09
|
|
Sorry, but you're wrong
rtk | 09/24/09
|
|
No One is making you buy it
bobiroc | 09/24/09
|
|
Your logic...
NStalnecker | 09/25/09
|
|
I think Windows 8 should wait to release until 2012 at least
ryanlee05 | 09/24/09
|
|
You do know that it takes approx 3 years to release an OS, right?
de-void | 09/24/09
|
|
Still Waiting for Vista Promise
dhamilt01@... | 09/24/09
|
|
there was never a "new" file system
archer75 | 09/24/09
|
|
Really? NTFS is still the leading FS technology out there...
thenetavenger | 09/24/09
|
|
IBM
dhamilt01@... | 09/28/09
|
|
Windows 8 is still "vaporware"; why are so many people discussing it?
adornoe@... | 09/24/09
|
|
Don't you understand what their job is?
de-void | 09/24/09
|
|
RE: Windows 8: More early clues start to emerge
ConstableOdo | 09/24/09
|
|
RE: Windows 8: More early clues start to emerge
gareth.rowlands@... | 09/24/09
|
|
Gossipy Mary Jo
markbn | 09/24/09
|
|
Again, Koala isn't out, and we're already reading about Lynx.
rtk | 09/24/09
|
|
Simply because I don't care about Lynx or Koala
markbn | 09/26/09
|
|
no problem
rtk | 09/26/09
|
|
Build a new NT, Call it NT2 or RealNT
M_Teixeira | 09/24/09
|
|
Lack of understanding about NT?
thenetavenger | 09/24/09
|
|
I meant MS should break barriers and build something NEW *again*
M_Teixeira | 09/25/09
|
|
PS
thenetavenger | 09/24/09
|
|
I stand corrected, but still...
M_Teixeira | 09/25/09
|
|
NTFS and the Registry
David Spencer-20660146163390554490918120654216 | 09/25/09
|
|
RE: Windows 8: More early clues start to emerge
ebrouet@... | 09/24/09
|
|
RE: Windows 8: More early clues start to emerge
jkohut | 09/24/09
|
|
Windows 7
bobiroc | 09/24/09
|
|
RE: Windows 8: More early clues start to emerge
z3r0_f4ct0r | 09/26/09
|
|
tag based gui
wovawi | 09/27/09
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