Office Depot: Windows XP Apps Must Be Microsoft-Approved

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Office Depot: Windows XP Apps Must Be Microsoft-Approved

Posted by timothy on Monday March 24, 2003 @09:40AM from the but-they-carry-non-windows-software-too dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to an article at The Inquirer, by May 30th Office Depot will only be carrying computer products that have been certified by Microsoft and carry the 'Designed for Windows XP' logo. This may be an initial glimpse at how Microsoft could introduce Digital Restrictions Management by ensuring all retail hardware and software products are approved by Redmond."

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Honestly... by Quaoar · 2003-03-24 09:45 · Score: 4, Funny

How many people here can say they do their software shopping at Office Depot? Anyone? Bueler?

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1. Re:Honestly... by Jonny+Ringo · 2003-03-24 11:32 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I surely do not! Ever since I seen them trying to hawk a computer made of cardboard. The desk it was on was nice though.
2. Re:Honestly... by An+Onerous+Coward · 2003-03-24 11:48 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Back in 1997, I went in and bought a copy of "Microsoft Liquid Motion," thinking it was basically a light version of 3D Studio Max. $100 later, I learned the importance of researching a product before buying it, and of not buying software from any store that also sells office chairs.
  
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Re:Conflict...Hmm by Xformer · 2003-03-24 09:52 · Score: 4, Funny

Slip of the keyboard...
"Designed for replacing Windows XP".

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Where can I get by certsoft · 2003-03-24 10:16 · Score: 5, Funny

A "Not designed for Windows XP" logo?
Re:Bias? Certainly not... by Bull999999 · 2003-03-24 10:53 · Score: 4, Funny

"Logo requirements exist to ensure a quality user experience."

That explains why Windows packagings themselve do not have the logo.

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Re:I'm sure everyone's knees will jerk. by jx100 · 2003-03-24 12:12 · Score: 3, Funny

You're not a Dvorak user, are you?
Re:Lord of the OS by usotsuki · 2003-03-24 12:21 · Score: 4, Funny

The full text is: http://danny.oz.au/danny/humour/one-ring
Recently one of my friends, a computer wizard, paid me a visit. As we were talking I mentioned that I had recently installed Windows on my PC, I told him how happy I was with this operating system and showed him the Windows CD. Too my astonishment and distress he threw it into my micro-wave oven and turned it on. I was upset because the CD had become precious to me, but he said: 'Do not worry, it is unharmed.' After a few minutes he took the CD out, gave it to me and said: 'Take a close look at it.' To my surprise the CD was quite cold and it seemed to have become thicker and heavier than before. At first I could not see anything, but on the inner edge of the central hole I saw an inscription, in lines finer than anything I have ever seen before. The inscription shone piercingly bright, and yet remote, as if out of a great depth:
4F6E65204F5320746F2072756C65207468656D20616C6C2C20 4F6E65204F5320746F2066696E64207468656D2C0D0A4F6E65 204F5320746F206272696E67207468656D20616C6C20616E64 20696E20746865206461726B6E6573732062696E6420746865 6D
'I cannot read the fiery letters,' I said. 'No,' he said, 'but I can. The letters are Hex, of an ancient mode, but the language is that of Microsoft, which I shall not utter here. But in common English this is what it says:'
One OS to rule them all, One OS to find them,
One OS to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
From email, author unknown

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