In comp.os.linux.advocacy, [H]omer
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on Wed, 09 May 2007 11:52:07 +0100
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> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>> The Vista Experiment is over. Conclusion: Choose Life.
>
> Unfortunately for the hoards of rubes out there, the experiment is just
> beginning.
>
>> New 'Get a Mac' Ads Mock Vista Again and Again
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | The best of a new crop posted Monday night is "Choose a Vista,"
>> | which features John "PC" Hodgman spinning a game wheel to select a
>> | version of Vista. Cries of "Big Operating System! Big Operating
>> | System! Daddy needs an upgrade!" Will stay with me for a long time.
>> `----
>>
>> http://blog.wired.com/cultofmac/2007/05/new_get_a_mac_a.html
>
> Hilarious as ever, but he misquoted the number of versions; it's
> actually *eight* not *six*:
>
> http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_editions_final.asp
Wow.
A few notes.
[1] Starter does not support migration from XP. (???!)
[2] Maximum 1024x768 Starter resolution. Woo, that'll sell.
[3] None of the home editions support remote desktop, P2P meeting
place, Windows web server, or Windows fax client. There
goes that Home Office -- unless one goes to, well, lemme think here,
there's gotta be a solution. Starts with an "L"...
[4] 3D Chess is a "premium game"?? Linux includes a chessboard
as a screensaver, and it could probably be converted into a game.
In fact, it probably already has been. (I'd have to look.)
[5] Precisely what is an "advanced photography feature"?
[6] Is "Direct Media Mode" what I think it is? They should
call it "Direct Restriction Mode". Can't be too careful,
after all, with those nasty eeeeevil movie duplicators
out there.
[7] Starter networking? What starter networking? How is it
going to get its virus updates??
[8] Starter has SNMP support without working? My brain hurts.
[9] Oh yes, that Cornerstone will stop those pesky viruses cold in their
tracks. Of course it's only supported on Enterprise and Ultimate.
Minor detail!
[10] Is SUA SFU rebottled?
[11] Wooo. Can Starter even *run* on 256 MB?
>
>> Here's the effect on our lives:
>>
>> http://www.irintech.com/x1/blogarchive.php?id=1020
>
> Minion: "Mr. Blair, the Iranians have launched a nuclear missile, what
> should we do?"
>
> Cheesy: "Deploy countermeasures!"
>
> Minion: "Er ... what does 'This copy of Window is not activated' mean?"
>
> ..-^~~~^-..
> .~ ~.
> (;: :;)
> (: :)
> ':._ _.:'
> | |
> (=====)
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> | |
> ((/ \))
>
Microsoft. Where did you want that missile to go today?
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