From: LD5SZRA on 5 May 2010 01:32 I guess removing Newsgroup support would surpass that! And also not supporting IE9 on Windows XP would give rivals an excellent opportunity to catch up! hth Greg Russell wrote: > > M$ Vista was named as one of "The Top Ten Technological Disasters of the > 21st Century" (so far, at least) in a recent Yahoo! news article, voted as > such by the overwhelming majority of computing and technology news editors > in the world that contributed to the vote. -- THE INFORMATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. LD5SZRA DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL LD5SZRA OR ITS ASSOCIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF LD5SZRA OR ITS ASSOCIATES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright LD5SZRA 2010.
From: Bob I on 5 May 2010 08:19 Greg Russell wrote: > In news:4be0b361(a)news.x-privat.org, > Mr Baracuda <baracuda(a)slim.ws> typed: > > >>so we have a limited time to insult vista ..... > > > M$ Vista was named as one of "The Top Ten Technological Disasters of the > 21st Century" (so far, at least) in a recent Yahoo! news article, voted as > such by the overwhelming majority of computing and technology news editors > in the world that contributed to the vote. > http://www.zdnet.com/news/the-top-10-it-disasters-of-all-time/177729
From: Frank Drew Leyda on 5 May 2010 11:12 I don't have an opinion about Newsgroups versa Forums but > Microsoft continues to invest in forums to reduce customer effort, > consolidate community venues and make it easier for active contributors to > retain their influence. Forums provide a healthy community environment > with less spam and make answers easier to find by customers and search > engines. ******************************************************* Why less spam and easier to find....... ? > Additionally, forums offer a better user and off-topic management platform > that will improve customer > satisfaction by facilitating discussions in a > clean space. ********************************************************* What do they mean by a "clean space" ?
From: Greg Russell on 5 May 2010 12:26 In news:OAOrr0E7KHA.3196(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl, Bob I <birelan(a)yahoo.com> typed: >>> so we have a limited time to insult vista ..... >> >> M$ Vista was named as one of "The Top Ten Technological Disasters >> of the 21st Century" ... > > http://.../the-top-10-it-disasters-of-all-time/... The 21st century most certainly doesn't comprise the sum totat of time, even in technological terms.
From: Frank Drew Leyda on 5 May 2010 13:32
"Greg Russell" <grussell(a)example.con> wrote in message news:84dkhsFf1uU1(a)mid.individual.net... > In news:OAOrr0E7KHA.3196(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl, > Bob I <birelan(a)yahoo.com> typed: > >>>> so we have a limited time to insult vista ..... >>> >>> M$ Vista was named as one of "The Top Ten Technological Disasters >>> of the 21st Century" ... >> >> http://.../the-top-10-it-disasters-of-all-time/... > > The 21st century most certainly doesn't comprise the sum totat of time, > even > in technological terms. **************************************************** Remember the Beta video tapes ? |