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MS Youth-Culture App Gets Gushy Advance Reviews

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the goo-stuck-on-bubblegum-on-cotton-candy dept.

geo writes "Newsweek first reported this new Microsoft beta, threedegrees. The surprise is, Steven Levy, well-known fan of the Macintosh (and unfan of Microsoft) wrote something almost entirely positive. So did CNET news.com.com.com.com.com. Is it possible that something good is coming out of Redmond?"

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  1. Nothing's so good... by jemnery · · Score: 2, Troll

    that it justifies this: "To use threedegrees, prospective testers must be running Windows XP with Service Pack 1, the new peer-to-peer update and MSN Messenger 5 installed on their computer."
    No thanks.

    1. Re:Nothing's so good... by Daniel+Quinlan · · Score: -1, Troll

      if the requirements had been:
      Requires Linux 2.5.62 with KDE 3.0 and peer-to-peer upgrade.
      (with the subtitling that it doesn't run on windows)
      Would someone have made exactly the same comment?

      Well, duh! Of course! A production version of Windows XP is at least as unstable as the average development version of the Linux kernel (not counting paper-bag releases).

      Of course, you really should also consider the differences in freedom. It's more than just being "pro-Linux" and "anti-Microsoft".

    2. Re:Nothing's so good... by rseuhs · · Score: -1, Troll
      Requires Linux 2.5.62 with KDE 3.0 and peer-to-peer upgrade.
      (with the subtitling that it doesn't run on windows)

      Would someone have made exactly the same comment?

      No, someone would have said that the programmers would probably have done something really braindead that requires a kernel upgrade.

      And he would be right. KDE software should run on all platforms and be kernel-independent, especially if it's p2p, chat or other IP-based software.

      (Yes, that's not what you wanted to hear, I know. You'd rather prefer the old "oh my god, slashdot is soooo bad to poor Microsoft, that is soooo unfair" drivel)

      To get back ontopic: The requirement for WinXPSP1 is pure marketing, I'm pretty sure that there is no technical barrier running the program on Win2K.

    3. Re:Nothing's so good... by mbbac · · Score: 0, Troll

      I thought all of the XP drivers had to be blessed and certified by Microsoft? So, whose fault is it really?

      --

      mbbac

    4. Re:Nothing's so good... by 1010011010 · · Score: 0, Troll


      Explorer on XP is a crash-happy POS. It goes downa couple of times a day. This on a brand new computer "Designed for Microsoft Windows XP".

      --
      Napster-to-go says "Fill and refill your compatible MP3 player", which is a lie. It's not MP3. It's WMA with DRM.
  2. moron gooed 'stuff' oozing out of the ill eagle... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    kingdumb.

    that's write. every daze more&more phonIE payper liesense stock markup ?pr? FUDge is peddled buy all who have soul DOWt.

    tell 'em robbIE.

    look for: va.msn.?net? (VAST) (array of FraUDuleNT billyunerrs).

    lookout bullow. tell 'em robbIE/lairIE.

  3. What? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    In July 2000, when Tammy Savage, a 30-year-old manager in business development, went before Microsoft's heavy hitters and presented a case that they were clue-challenged in understanding an entire generation, the reception was chillier than a campsite on Mount Rainier.

    What's that? The walnut-desk-comfortable corporate hotshits can't take their wire-rimmed glasses off their FUCKING GANTT CHARTS long enough listen to their highly-paid, excruciatingly qualified, advanced-degreed employees?

    Another new idea had to be dragged from the shitheap in order to be a success?

    You don't say...

    It's no FUCKING WONDER our economy is so screwed up. If the Wright Brothers had waited 100 years, we'd have to build a fucking bridge.

  4. Re:Yet more money for nothing.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Christ, that sucked. Way to completely negate your message by prefacing it with that ass-felch of a song.


    Love the attribution at the end "David Mohring - Original author" Original? Ha!