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  Microsoft copies Apple JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-05-10 01:52 -0400
    Re: Microsoft copies Apple Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-05-10 08:43 -0400
      Re: Microsoft copies Apple Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-05-10 13:51 +0100
        Re: Microsoft copies Apple Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-05-10 11:37 -0400
      Re: Microsoft copies Apple Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-05-10 08:30 -0700
        Re: Microsoft copies Apple me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-05-10 15:47 +0000
          Re: Microsoft copies Apple Siri Cruz <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2015-05-10 08:55 -0700
            Re: Microsoft copies Apple John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-05-10 17:33 -0700
              Re: Microsoft copies Apple *Hemidactylus* <ecphoric@allspamis.invalid> - 2015-05-11 20:33 -0400
          Re: Microsoft copies Apple Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-05-13 12:57 -0700
          Re: Microsoft copies Apple tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.org> - 2015-05-13 17:30 -0700
            Re: Microsoft copies Apple Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-05-14 13:15 +1200
        Re: Microsoft copies Apple J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2015-05-10 22:27 -0400
        Re: Microsoft copies Apple *Hemidactylus* <ecphoric@allspamis.invalid> - 2015-05-11 19:56 -0400
    Re: Microsoft copies Apple Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-05-10 08:56 -0700
      Re: Microsoft copies Apple Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-05-11 08:52 +1200
    Re: Microsoft copies Apple awoolmeyer@gmail.com - 2015-05-13 13:04 -0700

#75246 — Microsoft copies Apple

At first, the headline appears fantastic.

Microsoft to stop producing Windows versions
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32658340


But what it actually means is that Microsoft is going to stop
incrementing the Windows version at.... wait for it.... 10.

So Apple has OS 10, and Microsoft will have Windows 10  (with
subversions to denote the upgrades).

i have to wonder if MS is hoping to be able to ride on the OS-X's
coat-tail with people thinking OS-10 is the same as Windows-10 (or vice
versa).

Doubtful but not impossible that Apple might choose to rename OS-X to
MaxOS and just use Yosemite etc in marketing for each version.

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#75257

In article <554ef22b$0$38582$b1db1813$65575428@news.astraweb.com>,
 JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:

> At first, the headline appears fantastic.
> 
> Microsoft to stop producing Windows versions
> http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32658340
> 
> 
> But what it actually means is that Microsoft is going to stop
> incrementing the Windows version at.... wait for it.... 10.
> 
> So Apple has OS 10, and Microsoft will have Windows 10  (with
> subversions to denote the upgrades).
> 
> i have to wonder if MS is hoping to be able to ride on the OS-X's
> coat-tail with people thinking OS-10 is the same as Windows-10 (or vice
> versa).
> 
> Doubtful but not impossible that Apple might choose to rename OS-X to
> MaxOS and just use Yosemite etc in marketing for each version.

I wonder if MS will adopt the funny names too. OS X Yostemite; Windows 
Old Faithful.
-- 
Where's the Vangelis music?
Pris' tongue is sticking out in in the wide shot after Batty has kissed her.
They have put back more tits into the Zhora dressing  room scene.
  -- notes for Blade Runner

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#75259

In article <554f5285$0$19436$c3e8da3$b1356c67@news.astraweb.com>,
Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:

>In article <554ef22b$0$38582$b1db1813$65575428@news.astraweb.com>,
> JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
>
>> At first, the headline appears fantastic.
>> 
>> Microsoft to stop producing Windows versions
>> http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32658340
>> 
>> 
>> But what it actually means is that Microsoft is going to stop
>> incrementing the Windows version at.... wait for it.... 10.
>> 
>> So Apple has OS 10, and Microsoft will have Windows 10  (with
>> subversions to denote the upgrades).
>> 
>> i have to wonder if MS is hoping to be able to ride on the OS-X's
>> coat-tail with people thinking OS-10 is the same as Windows-10 (or vice
>> versa).
>> 
>> Doubtful but not impossible that Apple might choose to rename OS-X to
>> MaxOS and just use Yosemite etc in marketing for each version.
>
>I wonder if MS will adopt the funny names too. OS X Yostemite; Windows 
>Old Faithful.

Old faithful. That some kind of whisky?

-- 
"Please stop telling us what you feel. Please stop telling us what your 
intuition is. Your intuitive feelings are of no interest whatsoever, 
and nor are mine. I don't give a bugger what you feel, or what I feel. 
I want to know what the evidence shows."             -- Richard Dawkins

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#75268

In article <100520151351268353%timstreater@greenbee.net>,
 Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:

> In article <554f5285$0$19436$c3e8da3$b1356c67@news.astraweb.com>,
> Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >In article <554ef22b$0$38582$b1db1813$65575428@news.astraweb.com>,
> > JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> >
> >> At first, the headline appears fantastic.
> >> 
> >> Microsoft to stop producing Windows versions
> >> http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32658340
> >> 
> >> 
> >> But what it actually means is that Microsoft is going to stop
> >> incrementing the Windows version at.... wait for it.... 10.
> >> 
> >> So Apple has OS 10, and Microsoft will have Windows 10  (with
> >> subversions to denote the upgrades).
> >> 
> >> i have to wonder if MS is hoping to be able to ride on the OS-X's
> >> coat-tail with people thinking OS-10 is the same as Windows-10 (or vice
> >> versa).
> >> 
> >> Doubtful but not impossible that Apple might choose to rename OS-X to
> >> MaxOS and just use Yosemite etc in marketing for each version.
> >
> >I wonder if MS will adopt the funny names too. OS X Yostemite; Windows 
> >Old Faithful.
> 
> Old faithful. That some kind of whisky?

Heh. Windows Van Winkle.
-- 
Where's the Vangelis music?
Pris' tongue is sticking out in in the wide shot after Batty has kissed her.
They have put back more tits into the Zhora dressing  room scene.
  -- notes for Blade Runner

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#75267

In article <554f5285$0$19436$c3e8da3$b1356c67@news.astraweb.com>,
Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:

> I wonder if MS will adopt the funny names too. OS X Yostemite; Windows 
> Old Faithful.

Microsoft is based in Washington state, so the names would be based on
locations there.

Windows Puget
Windows Rainier
Windows Columbia
Windows Snake River
Windows Yakima

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#75269

Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> Windows Puget
> Windows Rainier
> Windows Columbia
> Windows Snake River
> Windows Yakima

Top 5 Washington state localities that sound like somebody vomiting:

5. Hoquiam
4. Yakima
3. Puyallup
2. Walla Walla
1. Wenatchee

-- 
K.

Lang may your lum reek.

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#75270

In article <minuhv$kln$1@dont-email.me>, me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) wrote:

> Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> > Windows Puget
> > Windows Rainier
> > Windows Columbia
> > Windows Snake River
> > Windows Yakima
> 
> Top 5 Washington state localities that sound like somebody vomiting:
> 
> 5. Hoquiam
> 4. Yakima
> 3. Puyallup
> 2. Walla Walla
> 1. Wenatchee

Besides Microsoft, applies, and nuclear waste, they could celebrate another 
Washington product: Microsoft Meth.

-- 
:-<> Siri Seal of Disavowal #000-001. Disavowed. Denied. Deleted.
'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.'
Icke's razor: Given two equally plausible explanations, choose the weirder.
That's People's Commissioner Siri Cruz now. Punch!

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#75307

On 5/10/15   PDT 8:55 AM, Siri Cruz wrote:
> In article <minuhv$kln$1@dont-email.me>, me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) wrote:
>
>> Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
>>> Windows Puget
>>> Windows Rainier
>>> Windows Columbia
>>> Windows Snake River
>>> Windows Yakima
>>
>> Top 5 Washington state localities that sound like somebody vomiting:
>>
>> 5. Hoquiam
>> 4. Yakima
>> 3. Puyallup
>> 2. Walla Walla
>> 1. Wenatchee
>
> Besides Microsoft, applies, and nuclear waste, they could celebrate another
> Washington product: Microsoft Meth.
>
Now, there're some name places a man can get behind. Women, too.

Washington apples are their best product.

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#75401

On 05/10/2015 08:33 PM, John McWilliams wrote:
> On 5/10/15   PDT 8:55 AM, Siri Cruz wrote:
>> In article <minuhv$kln$1@dont-email.me>, me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király)
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
>>>> Windows Puget
>>>> Windows Rainier
>>>> Windows Columbia
>>>> Windows Snake River
>>>> Windows Yakima
>>>
>>> Top 5 Washington state localities that sound like somebody vomiting:
>>>
>>> 5. Hoquiam
>>> 4. Yakima
>>> 3. Puyallup
>>> 2. Walla Walla
>>> 1. Wenatchee
>>
>> Besides Microsoft, applies, and nuclear waste, they could celebrate
>> another
>> Washington product: Microsoft Meth.
>>
> Now, there're some name places a man can get behind. Women, too.
>
> Washington apples are their best product.

I would have said Seahawks but they have disappointed.

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#75546

On 2015-05-10 15:47:12 +0000, Király said:

> Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
>> Windows Puget
>> Windows Rainier
>> Windows Columbia
>> Windows Snake River
>> Windows Yakima
> 
> Top 5 Washington state localities that sound like somebody vomiting:
> 
> 5. Hoquiam
> 4. Yakima
> 3. Puyallup
> 2. Walla Walla
> 1. Wenatchee

How in the world could you have left out Tumwater?

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#75574

On May 10, 2015, Király wrote
(in article<minuhv$kln$1@dont-email.me>):

> Michelle Steiner<michelle@michelle.org>wrote:
> > Windows Puget
> > Windows Rainier
> > Windows Columbia
> > Windows Snake River
> > Windows Yakima
> 
> Top 5 Washington state localities that sound like somebody vomiting:
> 
> 5. Hoquiam
> 4. Yakima
> 3. Puyallup
> 2. Walla Walla
> 1. Wenatchee

I’m waiting for them to come out with Microsoft OS 10 Enumclaw.

Enumclaw translates to “place of evil spirits”.And Windows is plenty 
evil.

--
We'll cross that bridge when we come back to it later.

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#75575

In article
<0001HW.1B042431084B64C710709C3CF@news.eternal-september.org>, tmo1138
<tmo1138@tmo1138.org> wrote:
> On May 10, 2015, Király wrote
> (in article<minuhv$kln$1@dont-email.me>): 
> > Michelle Steiner<michelle@michelle.org>wrote:
> > > 
> > > Windows Puget
> > > Windows Rainier
> > > Windows Columbia
> > > Windows Snake River
> > > Windows Yakima
> > 
> > Top 5 Washington state localities that sound like somebody vomiting:
> > 
> > 5. Hoquiam
> > 4. Yakima
> > 3. Puyallup
> > 2. Walla Walla
> > 1. Wenatchee
> 
> I¹m waiting for them to come out with Microsoft OS 10 Enumclaw.
> 
> Enumclaw translates to ³place of evil spirits².And Windows is plenty 
> evil.

They should skip "Windoze 10" and go straight to "Windoze 666".   ;-)

Then again, since Windoze is a plague on the tech industry, they should
simply go with:
   - Windoze Ebola
   - Windoze AIDS
   - Windoze Bird Flu
   - etc.

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#75314

On 5/10/15 11:30 AM, Michelle Steiner wrote:
> In article <554f5285$0$19436$c3e8da3$b1356c67@news.astraweb.com>,
> Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I wonder if MS will adopt the funny names too. OS X Yostemite; Windows
>> Old Faithful.
>
> Microsoft is based in Washington state, so the names would be based on
> locations there.
>
> Windows Puget
> Windows Rainier
> Windows Columbia
> Windows Snake River
> Windows Yakima
>

Windows Waitsburg

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#75397

On 05/10/2015 11:30 AM, Michelle Steiner wrote:
> In article <554f5285$0$19436$c3e8da3$b1356c67@news.astraweb.com>,
> Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I wonder if MS will adopt the funny names too. OS X Yostemite; Windows
>> Old Faithful.
>
> Microsoft is based in Washington state, so the names would be based on
> locations there.
>
> Windows Puget
> Windows Rainier
> Windows Columbia
> Windows Snake River
> Windows Yakima

More appropriate locations would be (based on Windows notorious 
reputation for susceptibility to catastrophic viral infection):

Norwalk
Marburg
Hanta
Ebola

But given manmade disasters like Vista and Windows 8 we could go for:

Titanic
Hindenburg
Chernobyl
Gigli

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#75271

On 2015-05-10 05:52:42 +0000, JF Mezei said:

<snip>

Again?

:-)

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#75294

In article <minv2l$jav$2@news.datemas.de>, Alan Baker
<email@domain.com> wrote:
> On 2015-05-10 05:52:42 +0000, JF Mezei said:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> Again?
> 
> :-)

Nope. More like still. 

"Again" might imply that they actually stopped copying Apple.

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#75547

On Sunday, May 10, 2015 at 1:52:45 AM UTC-4, JF Mezei wrote:
> At first, the headline appears fantastic.
> 
> Microsoft to stop producing Windows versions
> http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32658340

Yes. they took anything of value, and left the shit to the Appholes.

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