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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Ice back home doesn't slow Microsoft Vista launch in N.Y.
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>| A freak ice storm hit Seattle, leaving Microsoft's campus largely empty
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> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=windows&articleId=9005519&taxonomyId=125
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> Also see:
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> Vista Bloats Up
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>| Vista's magnitude is one reason for skepticism. It's Microsoft's
>| largest, most complex operating system ever, and upgrading from the
This is a whole new definition of the word "upgrade". Perhaps we could
look to the etymology for a reason? Let's say that grade is from
gradient, a rising or falling slope, hillside or mountainside. Up is,
of course, a prefix indicating direction. So Upgrade brings is to
climbing up a slope or hill, climbing a mountain; up the gradient.
Vista means, amongst other things, view, as in scenic view - what you
can see. Bella vista. So Vista Upgrade looks a lot like:
"See how high up the mountain you're going to have to climb"
"Look at this very steep slope upwards"
"Watch those poor b*ggers crawling up the hill as they install"
>| current version, Windows XP, is a big step. m
Big step? Huge climb, I think!
> Corporate information
>| technology departments have to figure out whether it's worth the
>| return on investment to test, purchase, install and support the new
>| version. And many will have to update their computer hardware just
>| to meet Vista's recommended setup.
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> http://www.forbes.com/2006/11/29/software-computers-memory-tech_cx_df_ck_1130vista.html?partner=yahootix
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