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Windows Vista Leaks ... Again!

Posted by samzenpus on from the look-at-it-now dept.

10101001011 writes "The latest build of Windows Vista (5231) has been leaked to the public, again. This latest build includes some major revamping of Windows Media Player, including a smart interface. Also, IE 7 now sports tabs a la Firefox, under the address bar. Are these leaks accidental, or is Microsoft actually trying to pull a 360?"

14 of 424 comments (clear)

  1. Subverting the release of Ubuntu 5.10? by 3dWarlord · · Score: 5, Funny

    I find it interesting that it is "leaked" the same day as Ubuntu "Breezy Badger" 5.10. Is MS trying to subvert its toughest FOSS competitor?

    1. Re:Subverting the release of Ubuntu 5.10? by strider44 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Oh my god, you mean that a site run by the Open Source Technology Group brings to the front page a story about the release of a major open source Linux distribution quicker than three leaked screenshots of an alpha that look exactly the same as what we've already seen? Bloody hell this is a catastrophe!

  2. Oh wait...! by jkrise · · Score: 5, Funny

    Any idea which of the several versions leaked?

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    If you keep throwing chairs, one day you'll break windows....
  3. Of course it leaked by riflemann · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does that mean it's full of holes?

    *rimshot*

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    Sparks:Gadget:Beer Maker
  4. For a moment I thought... by GillBates0 · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...it was the Windows source code that leaked...Again!

    Turns out it's just screenshots of some guy's desktop with a fancy wallpaper.

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    An Indian-American Hindu committed to non-violent thought/speech/action alarmed by the global explosion of radical Islam
  5. So, Mr Anderson. by mrselfdestrukt · · Score: 5, Funny

    What good is a leak. If nobody wants it?

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    "I used to have that really cool,funny sig ,but it got stolen."
  6. Re:Vista with new Sieve Security Technology by tehshen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Some day, all software will be distributed through either leaks or invites, then one day someone will try to be special and different by actually releasing it on time, then everyone will try to do that again, and it will be a horrible vicious cycle

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    Guy asked me for a quarter for a cup of coffee. So I bit him.
  7. Re:Vista with new Sieve Security Technology by mysqlrocks · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...we can't even keep hold of the software before it is written.

    Wow, that's pretty talented. Releasing code before you've written it. I wish I could do that. Surely you mean released not written?

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    Bradley Holt
  8. Leak by parasonic · · Score: 5, Funny

    More importantly, does the keygen come with cool music?

  9. Re:Clippy? by D-Cypell · · Score: 5, Funny

    "What does it mean when MS creates a "smart" interface?"

    Roughly translated it means... "Virus runtime included!"

  10. Re:I'd Like To Weigh In On this... by ninja_assault_kitten · · Score: 5, Funny

    "How many of your relatives know what Linux is? How many of them know what Windows is?" You have to remember to whom you're speaking to. This is Slashdot. Half these dorks probably come over to their relatives for Thanksgiving dinner in penguin costumes handing out free OSS CDs.

  11. Re:Thats for the tabloids by Universal+Indicator · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or possibly her breast enhancement is leaking, we're not sure :-)

  12. Re:Clippy? by farzadb82 · · Score: 5, Funny
    What does it mean when MS creates a "smart" interface?

    It means the interface *knows* more than you and therefore will never allow you to do what you want it to - even if its correct.

  13. Re:Clippy? by cyclomedia · · Score: 5, Funny

    "smart" meaning that it decides for you what it wants you to want to do and throws up three confirm boxes if you want to do what you actually want to do, finally blue screening after you clicked ok in all three.

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