Windows Trying to Catch up!
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| Win folks starts cloning with this pathetic attempt to recreate XGL with
| this Yod'm 3D! The 3D Window Manager on Windows from CrystalXp
|
| [...]
|
| Too slow, the desktop bar keeps on jumping out of place and on top
| of all that it doesn't come with decent uninstall feature!!
|
| Advice Don't do it, want a professional cool looking and FREE O/S
| get yourself Linux otherwise stick with your Windows Explorer!!
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http://www.mjama.com/mjama/blog/index.php/2007/04/26/windows-trying-to-catch-up/
Life without Microsoft
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| April 2007 editor's note: This article from Datamation's 1998 archives
| has been reposted for historical interest...
|
| Microsoft, it is said, didn't invent anything. It merely popularized
| what others invented. Let's admit that Microsoft did not invent DOS
| 1.0 all by itself; it bought the rights from a defunct Seattle
| company and then enhanced it. But, clearly, were it not for Microsoft,
| there would be no Windows and no OS/2, since Microsoft invented
| Windows, and OS/2 was created as a follow-on by a joint effort
| with Microsoft and IBM.
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/entdev/article.php/602731
Related:
A history of Microsoft Windows - the inside story exposed
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| 2004: (...)
| THE MANAGEMENT: "What do you mean it still doesn't work? Try
| harder!"
|
| 2005: (...)
| "MAKE IT WORK! FOR GOD'S SAKE, MAKE IT WORK! Well, throw it away
| and use the server version then, that seems all right. Look, they
| won't know the difference, drop the database stuff, nobody remembers
| what we said in 1995 now! That was ten years ago! "Apple has what?
| 3D acceleration? So, we have DirectX. What, in the desktop? Really?
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| What, even Stallman's beardie-weirdies have it? Oh hell. Right, you
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| lot, make it look like this!"
|
| 2006: Windows Vista
| THE MANAGEMENT: "Look, if we trickle it out to those mugs, I mean,
| valued customers who've already paid, we can say we released it this
| year and it'll buy us some more time..."
|
| 2007: No, really Windows Vista, honest
| MARKETING DEPT: "Never mind the features, look at it! Isn't it shiny?
| Yes! Pretty!"
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37962
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