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Microsoft Develops XP 'Light' for Thailand

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the first-one's-free dept.

GoatJuggler writes with this Bangkok Post report that "Microsoft announced plans to develop a discounted, slightly crippled version of Windows XP for Thailand."

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  1. You mean you can cripple it more? by Snowspinner · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's possible to wring even less functionality out of Windows XP?

    Revolutionary!

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    1. Re:You mean you can cripple it more? by Mr+Guy · · Score: 5, Funny

      Sure this one is just a splash screen and a blue screen, used interchangeably.

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    2. Re:You mean you can cripple it more? by pe1rxq · · Score: 3, Funny

      You forget the teletubby landscape you get between those two....
      Or is that the part that is cut out?

      Jeroen

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    3. Re:You mean you can cripple it more? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Oh, so they've relabled WindowsME as XP lite then?

    4. Re:You mean you can cripple it more? by bad_fx · · Score: 5, Funny

      Sure this one is just a splash screen and a blue screen, used interchangeably.

      ...Uhhh... So what're they changing...?

    5. Re:You mean you can cripple it more? by SIG+TR0LL · · Score: 1, Funny

      So, you mean they will bundle a complete office suite (openoffice.org), web server (apache), image authoring program (gimp) irc client (xchat, bitchx), several web browsers, two desktop environments, and a partridge in a pear tree?

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    6. Re:You mean you can cripple it more? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      HAHahAHAHAHA! HE IS suggesting THAT it has always been THAT way!!!111 You know, that Windowes never had any functionality!!1111 That is so funney because we all use Lunix here!! ehehehhahahahaha, I can't stop laughing!!!!111111 pleez shoot me it hurts!!!1

    7. Re:You mean you can cripple it more? by mortonda · · Score: 5, Funny

      Quick, someone mod this one "funny"... ;)

    8. Re:You mean you can cripple it more? by Phrogger · · Score: 5, Funny

      > Im sure it still has IE tho, since they wont let you use windowsupdate with Firebird.

      It's even more restrictive than that! I tried to connect to Windows Update with Mozilla. Not only do they require you to use IE but they insisted that "You must be running a Microsoft Windows operating system in order to use Windows Update." :-)

    9. Re:You mean you can cripple it more? by stfvon007 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Spending time and resources to make a product do less. I wonder if there also going to program in some extra secutity holes in that version for good measure? I can hear the announcement in the MS offices now......

      "Well guys, we failed at fixing security holes and adding functionality, so were gonna do the exact opposite, Adding holes and REDUCING functionality! We should be good at that!"

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  2. Slightly Crippled? by Phosphor3k · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sounds like an improvement. Thats about three steps less crippled than my version, and cheaper to boot!

    1. Re:Slightly Crippled? by bersl2 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Oh, so you only have to put in a dime, instead of a quarter, when you reboot?

    2. Re:Slightly Crippled? by nazh · · Score: 5, Funny

      Slightly Crippled?
      But it comes with a free Frogurt.
      /ob simpsons quote

      Owner: Take this object, but beware it carries a terrible curse!
      Homer: [worried] Ooooh, that's bad.
      Owner: But it comes with a free Frogurt!
      Homer: [relieved] That's good.
      Owner: The Frogurt is also cursed.
      Homer: [worried] That's bad.
      Owner: But you get your choice of topping!
      Homer: [relieved] That's good.
      Owner: The toppings contains Potassium Benzoate.
      Homer: [stares]
      Owner: That's bad.


      snipped from snpp.com

    3. Re:Slightly Crippled? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      Slightly Crippled?

      Microsoft selling a "slightly crippled" XP is like Evian selling a "slightly wet" water.

  3. slightly crippled version by frovingslosh · · Score: 5, Funny
    slightly crippled version of Windows XP

    Boy, how can I buy this. I would much rather have a slightly crippled version rather than the massively crippled version that Microsoft supplied my OEM for use with my notebook.

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  4. But Wait... by Mr.+Fusion · · Score: 5, Funny

    Didn't they already released Windows XP Home?

    -Mr. Fusion

    1. Re:But Wait... by UnknowingFool · · Score: 4, Funny
      No, as per MS standard naming conventions:

      X = ascii(88)
      P = ascii(80)

      So in MS logic, we will have to substract 11 from both letters because 11 is binary for 3 and this is the third version of XP.

      ascii (88-11) = ascii(77) = M
      ascii (80-11) = ascii(69) = E

      Hence, this version will be known as Windows ME.

      . . .

      How apropos.

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    2. Re:But Wait... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      My hello world OS has no activation, no lock-in, no p2p limitations, and zero worms. If you're trying to sell Linux, you should mention what it does have not what it doesn't.

  5. Microsoft Plan by GonzoDave · · Score: 5, Funny

    1.Release product in piracy capital of the world
    2.?????
    3.Profit!

  6. Thailand... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...where the ILoveYou worm was named MeLoveYouLongTime

  7. Slightly Crippled? by no+longer+myself · · Score: 5, Funny
    Oh come on... With a headline like this, it's just too easy.

    Slightly Crippled?
    Yeah, it comes pre-installed with 14 viruses.

    Slightly Crippled?
    It's product activation is 30 days expired.

    Slightly Crippled?
    It's the latest version.

    Slightly Crippled?
    They wrote it using .NET

    Slightly Crippled?
    But it comes with a free Frogurt.

    Damn... I could keep this up all night.

  8. Wait for it! by aztektum · · Score: 4, Funny

    And now we present to you a hundred jokes about Windows already being crippled and a hundred more forshadowing jokes about Windows being crippled.

    (Not too unlike this one)

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  9. The missing feature in the "Light" version by mooredav · · Score: 5, Funny

    The End User License Agreement won't have a "disagree" option.

  10. Re:How to have both... by Aneurysm9 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sounds like the last line of the article covered that. They're going to provide a "clear upgrade path" to XP Home and Pro. Sure, "we clear your bank account and you get to upgrade."

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  11. codenamed by jjeffries · · Score: 4, Funny

    thainy thim

  12. Tastes great ... less filling by qoquaq · · Score: 2, Funny
    Hurry ... hurry ... hurry ... Everyone ... step right up ... see the OS you have come to hate ... 50% less functionality than your competeing free operating system with 100% of the security holes you have come to love!

    We will make it so easy to switch over ... no money down ...lock in forever.

    Yes ... and over here the dog faced boy .... yes hurry hurry hurry!!!

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  13. Re:why do it? by bakes · · Score: 4, Funny

    User then buys XP Home/Pro. ...for $2 from the nearest street vendor

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  14. Re:why do it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    It's money.NET nowadays.

  15. Easy How-To-Eat-Right OS Chart... by Eric_Cartman_South_P · · Score: 4, Funny
    Lard: Windows XP Media Edition

    Full Fat: Windows XP Professional

    Regular: Windows XP Home Edition

    Lite: Windows XP Family Edition

    Atkins Diet: Mac OS X

    Fat Free: Linux

    Anorexia: *BSD

  16. Re:What's the difference? by confuse(issue) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Solitare and pinball?

    Hello? Remove solitaire?!?! Solitaires random number generator powers all the XP security features.

  17. Re:Some other examples by Jaysyn · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...the college bar where my brother lives sells...

    I'd say he has a problem...

    Jaysyn

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  18. Smaller? I can see it now by Tablizer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Blue Icon of Death

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  19. Say it real fast... by zeroth · · Score: 2, Funny

    They need a new name different from "WinXP" but related to it? How about we drop the "X" and get "WinP"?

  20. Me so crashy by SensitiveMale · · Score: 2, Funny

    Me give you BSOD long time