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Windows Longhorn Beta Screenshots
An anonymous reader writes "A few screenshots of Windows Longhorn Beta 1 have surfaced on the net showing off many of the new transparency features, Internet Explorer 7 and Avalon or WinFX."
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What good are screenshots, when the only conclusion we get is that it's a bloated XP?
No... really? I would never have guessed!
You're right, I wouldn't steal a car. But if it were possible, I sure as hell would download one!
I have always been under the impression that Windows has ALWAYS been in beta, and that the world is Microsoft's testers. No other company has so refined the paradigim of selling an unfinished, broken product to the public in the full expectation that almost all features, and functions will be changed or disabled due to problems within a given time. When other industries discover a serious problem, they must invest money in creating a replacement, recalling the product, repairing and all at no cost and limited nusance to the customer.
In counterpoint, Microsoft releases a broken product, fully aware it is broken. Then, when enough reports that a particular problem has actually caused serious harm can no longer be scoffed at, they act. How do they act? They create a "patch" that the customer must pay for (on CD) or, if it is a minor fix, download (if you have high speed connect), and here you must PROVE you are a real customer and not someone who stole from Microsoft (yes absurd,, but there it is).
When Microsoft can deliver a functional, and finished product with limited or at least MINOR problems, I will consider purchase. Not until. "Beta Test" for them? Somehow that is just plain evil.
- Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, minutus carborata descendum pantorum.
Have you noticed how Evolution looks exactly like Outlook?
Have you noticed XMMS? Wow, it looks a lot like Winamp.
OMG, and Nautilus looks kinda like Explorer if you watch carefully!!
And those cool RHEL admin tools?? I mean, it's the Microsoft Management Console all over again!
Although I've noticed lately that opensores is copying Apple as well. Not that that's bad, of course.
Oh, wait... I'm not supposed to say these things here. Don't want to put a dent in our vigorous and always funny Microsoft bashing while ignoring the small fact that free software can't innovate to save its life, unless it's designing exciting new ways to applying 1,234 slightly different skinz to the same tired, passe layout. No, no. We cannot have that here. Someone mod me down, quick.
Dumbass.
Web2.0: I love when people Flickr my cuil and digg my boingboing until my google is reddit and I start to yahoo
And a "Special" shutdown is any better?
Much less dragging a CD to the trash to eject it?
Your hair look like poop, Bob! - Wanker.