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Microsoft Stops Development Of Outlook Express

Jman314 writes "According to a ZDNet story, Microsoft will cease development of their Outlook Express email client. "The technology doesn't go away, but no new work is being done. It is consumer email in an early iteration, and our investment in the consumer space is now focused around Hotmail and MSN. That's where we're putting the emphasis in terms of new investment and new development work." says Dan Leach, lead product manager for Microsoft's information worker product management group. Microsoft's alternatives include, not surprisingly, the full version of Outlook."

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  1. Re:Attention ungrateful fuckers: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Don't forget about the Beastie Boys

    --SJP

  2. Re:Good news for Evolution! by jpmkm · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think he means play ketchup.

  3. (signature reply) by Fencepost · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    R: I'll pay you $6
    D: I'll pay you $10, but I need $5 of that in taxes
    Who helps the poor?

    You left out part of it. It should be "I'll pay you $10, but I need $5 of that in taxes which will cover basic healthcare and help improve your local schools."

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    fencepost
    just a little off
    1. Re:(signature reply) by Pharmboy · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      R: I'll pay you $6
      D: I'll pay you $10, but I need $5 of that in taxes
      Who helps the poor?
      You left out part of it. It should be "I'll pay you $10, but I need $5 of that in taxes which will cover basic healthcare and help improve your local schools."

      I think you made a typo: It should be:

      R: I'll pay you $6
      D: I'll pay you $10, but I need $5 of that in taxes which will cover basic healthcare and help improve local schools for people who won't get jobs, or are here illegally.
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      Tequila: It's not just for breakfast anymore!
    2. Re:(signature reply) by bofkentucky · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      thanks and on the education note, the local schools just got their "report card" back today. I happened to have my scores from the same test lying around in one of my annuals so I decided to make some comparisons. The schools have lost ground to the national average despite having nearly $2000/pupil more than when I attended, and to top it off, vouchers wouldn't do me any good for my (hypothetical) kids, as I live in the boonies where there is no such thing as school choice. I'm seriously thinking about running for the school board just to get a slice of the gravy train since it isn't about education anymore. Stupid NEA, the most worthless of the labor unions!

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      09f911029d74e35bd84156c5635688c0
  4. Re:Attention ungrateful fuckers: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Put on your yamukah
    Here comes Hannukah
    So much funnukah
    To celebrate Hannukah

    Hannukah is the festival of lights
    Instead of one day of presents
    We have eight crazy nights
    When you feel like the only kid in town
    Without a Christmas tree
    Here's a list of people who are Jewish just like you and me:

    David Lee Roth lights the menorah
    So do James Caan, Kirk Douglas
    and the late Dinah Shorah
    Guess who eats together at
    the Carnegie Deli?
    Bowser from Sha-Na-Na
    And Arthur Fonzarelli!

    Paul Newman's half Jewish
    Goldie Hawn's half, too
    Put them together,
    What a fine looking Jew!

    You don't need Deck the Halls
    Or Jingle Bell Rock,
    'Cause you can spin a dreidel
    With Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock!
    Both jewish

    Put on your yamukah
    It's time for Hannukah
    The owner of the Seattle Supersonnicas
    Celebrates Hannukah.

    O.J. Simpson - not a Jew
    But guess who is?
    Hall of Famer Rod Carew
    He converted
    We got Ann Landers and her sister Dear Abby,
    Harrison Ford's a quarter Jewish
    Not too shabby

    Some people think that Ebenezer Scrooge is
    Well, he's not, but guess who is --
    All three Stooges!

    So many Jews are in show biz
    Tom Cruise isn't but I heard his agent is

    Tell your friend Veronica
    It's time to celebrate Hanukkah
    I hope I get a harmonica
    On this lovely lovely Hanukkah
    So drink your gin and tonica
    And smoke your marijuanica
    If you really really wannika
    Have a Happy Happy Happy Happy Hanukkah

    Happy Hannukah!

  5. Re:Attention ungrateful fuckers: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's yarmulke, asshat.

  6. Jobs? by yerricde · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    D: I'll pay you $10, but I need $5 of that in taxes which will cover basic healthcare and help improve local schools for people who won't get jobs, or are here illegally.

    People who "won't" get jobs? What about people like myself who have a four-year degree but get turned down everywhere but food service??

    --
    Will I retire or break 10K?
  7. BIll has gotta love this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Theres an XBOX emulator out now that plays Halo on the PC at VGN!

  8. OT: Mailbox Consolidation? by bucky0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hey, while we're on they topic of mailboxes and such, I was wondering if anyone had a question to my problem.

    I have 3 POP3 accounts, and I'd like to have them all accesable by one IMAP account(i'm back and forth between school and I'd like access to my messages anywhere). I'm using cyrus+procmail+postfix to try and get them to all go neatly into their own subfolders, but it doesn't work. It downloads from the POP boxes ok, but somehow, it's not making it's way to the IMAP box...

    Anyone know a solution or something? All of the HOWTO's i've read are a bit vague, and don't work (althouh it's equally possible that I'm an idiot).

    Thanks-

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    -Bucky
  9. Re:Good news for Evolution! by Phroggy · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Don't you think it would be better if they wrote straight forward apps for everyone so you didn't need wizards in the first place?

    Thank God for Apple.

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    $x='S24;r)>63/* h@<5+oZ)32"5cz';$me='phroggy'x$];
    $x=~y+ -xz+\0-Tx+;print$_^chop$me for split'',$x;