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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 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.

    4. 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.