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____/ Rick Brandt on Tuesday 25 November 2008 17:30 : \____
> On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:54:18 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> The 'best' of Windows:
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>> http://www.guidebookgallery.org/pics/gui/desktop/empty/winxppro.png
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>> My desktop:
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>> http://schestowitz.com/temp/screenshots/screenshot-2008.jpg
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>> Why is Microsoft jammed in 2001?
>
> You show an image of a Windows XP desktop as it would look after a clean
> install and no customization and compare it to a Linux desktop that you
> have personalized. Is this a fair comparison?
>
> Your desktop appears to be mostly dual monitors (or were you rotating the
> desktop cube?) with a nice background image. Is that supposed to be
> really impressive? I have seen some really impressive desktop images on
> Linux pages and that doesn't make the cut.
>
> As to the "jammed in 2001" comment that is when XP was released. Why
> shouldn't it look like that without customization?
>
> As MS slams go, this was a pretty lame attempt.
It's a matter of taste really, but point taken.
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