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Longhorn Drops 'My' Prefixes

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the but-how-will-i-know-who-owns-it dept.

ryanjm writes "Microsoft has decided to drop the "my" prefixes for Longhorn. Instead of "My Computer," it will be just just plain simple "Computer". "

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  1. My My... by nweaver · · Score: 5, Interesting

    My My, what a shocking change....

    I guess it means that with the new DRM technology, it really IS no longer your computer.

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  2. Who wanna bet... by SharpFang · · Score: 5, Interesting

    every user will end up with "My Documents" directory right beside the "Documents" one?
    I already have "Moje Dokumenty" (original name by Windows with polish localization) and "My Documents" right next to it, created by some dumb program.
    Windows resides on D:, but of course there's "Program Files" with something in it on 510MB FreeDOS C: partition. I cleaned up the Start Menu so there's just "Aplikacje" and whatever created "Applications" went there. Sure there are system variables that default to proper directories. Just not every application uses them.

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  3. Re:or path issues...UGH! by Tim+Browse · · Score: 5, Interesting

    All the spaces in default folders are (were) Microsoft's way of forcing app developers to cope with spaces in filenames.

    Quite an elegant way of doing it, imho.

  4. Computers for Adults by exp(pi*sqrt(163)) · · Score: 4, Interesting
    That god for that! How was I ever supposed to take my job seriously when the PC I worked on not only felt like a toy, but a toy for particularly young kids. If you're an engineer, say, you might start out with Lego Duplo, but eventually you move on to tools that feel like they're made for adults. But for software engineers using Windows PCs was almost embarassing - the only thing stopping it being embarassing was that everyone else had the same stupid patronizing shit on their desktops too. And they had the cheek to call the OS Windows XP Professional.

    I've always said that since W2K MS have produced a very capable operating system held back by an interface designed with nothing but contempt for users.

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