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Microsoft Worried OEM 'Craplets' Will Harm Vista

Posted by samzenpus on from the any-reason-to-say-crap dept.

elsilver writes "An article at the CBC indicates that Microsoft is worried that the assorted crap most OEM companies load onto a new machine may affect users' opinion of Vista. An unnamed executive is concerned that the user will conclude the instability of the non-MS-certified applications is Vista's fault. Is this a serious concern, or is MS trying to bully OEMs into only including Vista-certified apps? As for the OEMs, one "removed older DVD-writing software they found was incompatible and replaced it with Vista's own software." — do they get points for realizing it was both buggy AND redundant?"

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  1. Craplets? by dsginter · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've always like to call that extra bloat by the name of "Circusware". When I power up a shiny new Dell, I always feel like I'm at a circus where there are all of those different games where you can win a small stuffed animal for the equivalent of $20 or $30 in game tickets.

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    1. Re:Craplets? by BirdDoggy · · Score: 5, Funny

      I give MS a couple more points to the good for adding a delightful new word to my vocabulary.

    2. Re:Craplets? by dr_strang · · Score: 5, Funny

      "Craplets": Best new word this year so far. I respectfully submit this word for inclusion into Webster's Dictionary.

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    3. Re:Craplets? by CantStopDancing · · Score: 2, Funny

      Background craplets? Oh! you mean windows services!

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    4. Re:Craplets? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Maybe so, but if I was the word I would start worrying. Microsoft has embraced it and the next step is to extend it. I don't know how they will do that but once they do then the word will be on the road to extinction. Unless, of course, Microsoft have applied for a patent for it.

      Application at the USPTO:
      Application for patent by Microsoft Corporation.
      Craplet: Microsoft Certified Module for the Windows Vista Operating System.

    5. Re:Craplets? by gmajoe · · Score: 5, Funny

      Not only that, but "OEM and the Craplets" may be the best band name I've heard in a while.

  2. Re:Understandable by adnonsense · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is there a good laptop manufacturer who will sell me a "blank slate" laptop?

    Yes

  3. Re:It IS Vista's fault by Ingolfke · · Score: 3, Funny

    You're probably right. Balmer called up the Division of Blameshifting and Excuse Development.

  4. Terminology by Joebert · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, if Microsoft starts to block theese Craplets, does that mean the OEM people will be getting Turdburgled ?
    I just want to make sure I have my terminology right for when the shit hits the fan.

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  5. Re:1. Buy box by thePowerOfGrayskull · · Score: 2, Funny

    Many PCs these days don't ship with a Windows CD. They only come with a set of "System Restore" CDs which will put the system back to out-of-box configuration, including Windows and all preinstalled apps. The last few I have did come with a separate "OS restore" CD, which was actually just an OEM windows image. I don't know why they couldn't just call it "Windows Install", but it was 'os restore' for three different companies.

    Actually, many PCs these days don't even go that far. I saw a new HP that only came with a picture of a CD printed on a piece of paper, with instructions on how to burn your own system restore CDs from the rescue partition on the hard drive, and directions to boot from the rescue partition to reinstall Windows if the hard drive gets screwed up.

    The inherent irony there is breathtaking.