Microsoft shortens Windows name

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The previously named Windows XP and 2003 "64-bit edition for 64-bit extended
systems" has now just been shorted to "for X64". Eg. Windows XP Pro for X64
or Windows Server 2003 for X64.

Looks like Microsoft has decided on X64 as the universal moniker for all
X86-64 marketing names.

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"Yousuf Khan" <bbbl67@ezrs.com> wrote in message
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| The previously named Windows XP and 2003 "64-bit edition for 64-bit extended
| systems" has now just been shorted to "for X64". Eg. Windows XP Pro for X64
| or Windows Server 2003 for X64.
|
| Looks like Microsoft has decided on X64 as the universal moniker for all
| X86-64 marketing names.
|
| Yousuf Khan
|

How many staff meetings did it take for them to think up 'X64'
I wonder?

 

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"Yousuf Khan" <bbbl67@ezrs.com> wrote
> shorted to "for X64". Eg. Windows XP Pro for X64
> or Windows Server 2003 for X64.

Will there be a Home edition?


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"Ed Light" <nobody@nobody.there> wrote in message
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> "Yousuf Khan" <bbbl67@ezrs.com> wrote
> > shorted to "for X64". Eg. Windows XP Pro for X64
> > or Windows Server 2003 for X64.
>
> Will there be a Home edition?

The Home edition seems to be somewhat dysfunctional - they're thinking about
calling it X Spouse. It was going to be finalized in a matter of weeks, but
attorneys for both parties are dragging matters out and it's getting very
messy.

(Sorry, I just couldn't help myself.)

 

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On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 17:02:37 -0700, "Stubby Boardman" <sb@azkaban.gov>
wrote:
>
>"Yousuf Khan" <bbbl67@ezrs.com> wrote in message
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>| The previously named Windows XP and 2003 "64-bit edition for 64-bit extended
>| systems" has now just been shorted to "for X64". Eg. Windows XP Pro for X64
>| or Windows Server 2003 for X64.
>|
>| Looks like Microsoft has decided on X64 as the universal moniker for all
>| X86-64 marketing names.
>|
>| Yousuf Khan
>|
>
>How many staff meetings did it take for them to think up 'X64'
>I wonder?

Probably none. It sounds to me like the middle management was off
having countless staff meetings to decide on "64-bit edition for
64-bit extended systems" while everyone actually doing the work just
ignored all that garbage and decided on 'X64'.

Then, after the bean counters figured out that the staff-meeting name
was going to require them to completely redesign the box, labels and
all marketing material because it was just too long, someone figured
on the bright idea of completely ignoring the morons who thought of
this name in the first place and just using 'X64', which is what
everyone was calling it in the first place.


Ok... maybe that's just my version of the events without having
actually been involved in any way :>

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Stubby Boardman wrote:
>> Looks like Microsoft has decided on X64 as the universal moniker for
>> all X86-64 marketing names.
>>
>> Yousuf Khan
>>
>
> How many staff meetings did it take for them to think up 'X64'
> I wonder?

Probably one more than the one that came up with "64-bit Edition for 64-bit
Extended Systems".

Yousuf Khan

 

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Ed Light wrote:
>
> "Yousuf Khan" <bbbl67@ezrs.com> wrote
> > shorted to "for X64". Eg. Windows XP Pro for X64
> > or Windows Server 2003 for X64.
>
> Will there be a Home edition?

Since M$ used Rolling Stones 'Start me up' for promoting Win95,
I suppose that this time they will use The Beatles 'When I'm 64'.

 

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LOL!

IIRC, "I can't get no satisfaction" was used for Win95?

"Johannes H Andersen" <johs@wsrexaoxazxsizefitterwozeoarrxzx.com> wrote in
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>
> Ed Light wrote:
> >
> > "Yousuf Khan" <bbbl67@ezrs.com> wrote
> > > shorted to "for X64". Eg. Windows XP Pro for X64
> > > or Windows Server 2003 for X64.
> >
> > Will there be a Home edition?
>
> Since M$ used Rolling Stones 'Start me up' for promoting Win95,
> I suppose that this time they will use The Beatles 'When I'm 64'.

 

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"Alexander Grigoriev" <alegr@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> LOL!
>
> IIRC, "I can't get no satisfaction" was used for Win95?
>

Nope it was "Start me Up" for win95

 

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On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 19:26:50 GMT, "Lee Waun" <leewaun@telus.net> wrote:

>
>"Alexander Grigoriev" <alegr@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>> LOL!
>>
>> IIRC, "I can't get no satisfaction" was used for Win95?
>>
>
>Nope it was "Start me Up" for win95
>
Later it was changed to....
(Try to) Start Me Up

 

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>> Nope it was "Start me Up" for win95
>>
> Later it was changed to....
> (Try to) Start Me Up

Then to "Just Press Start" ...

.... and then "Just Press Reset"

;-)

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Lee Waun wrote:
> "Alexander Grigoriev" <alegr@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:xwIVc.8681$3O3.5084@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>> LOL!
>>
>> IIRC, "I can't get no satisfaction" was used for Win95?
>>
>
> Nope it was "Start me Up" for win95

He was trying to be clever.

Yousuf Khan

 

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"Lee Waun" <leewaun@telus.net> writes:

> "Alexander Grigoriev" <alegr@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:xwIVc.8681$3O3.5084@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> > LOL!
> >
> > IIRC, "I can't get no satisfaction" was used for Win95?
> >
>
> Nope it was "Start me Up" for win95

Though they edited the song to removed the line "You make a grown
man cry".

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>> Nope it was "Start me Up" for win95
>
> Though they edited the song to removed the line "You make a grown
> man cry".

Good point.

 

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In <86vff94m6r.fsf@number6.magda.ca>, on 08/23/04
at 04:46 PM, David Magda <dmagda+trace040726@ee.ryerson.ca> said:


>Though they edited the song to removed the line "You make a grown man
>cry".

It would do them no good to plainly state the obvious! )))

Nelson

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"Nelson M. G. Santiago" <triffid@tutopia.com.br> wrote in message
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> In <86vff94m6r.fsf@number6.magda.ca>, on 08/23/04
> at 04:46 PM, David Magda <dmagda+trace040726@ee.ryerson.ca> said:
>
>
> >Though they edited the song to removed the line "You make a grown man
> >cry".
>
> It would do them no good to plainly state the obvious! )))

If that were true, McDonalds and Burger King would not have been sued by
people spilling commonly known hot beverages in their laps. We might have a
foundation here for a class action lawsuit. Hmmm.

(I wonder ... if my kid burns his hand on the stove, who would I sue: the
stove manufacturer, the electric company, the installer, the supplier, the
interior designer, the landlord? After all, our (US) court system has pretty
much accepted we are not responsible for our own actions these days.)

 

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MyndPhlyp wrote:
> "Nelson M. G. Santiago" <triffid@tutopia.com.br> wrote in message
> news:412b3ed1$1$aryfba$mr2ice@news.individual.net...
>
>>In <86vff94m6r.fsf@number6.magda.ca>, on 08/23/04
>> at 04:46 PM, David Magda <dmagda+trace040726@ee.ryerson.ca> said:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Though they edited the song to removed the line "You make a grown man
>>>cry".
>>
>> It would do them no good to plainly state the obvious! )))
>
>
> If that were true, McDonalds and Burger King would not have been sued by
> people spilling commonly known hot beverages in their laps. We might have a
> foundation here for a class action lawsuit. Hmmm.
>
> (I wonder ... if my kid burns his hand on the stove, who would I sue: the
> stove manufacturer, the electric company, the installer, the supplier, the
> interior designer, the landlord? After all, our (US) court system has pretty
> much accepted we are not responsible for our own actions these days.)
>

None of the above. Your wife was the one who
left the stove unattended while the burner was
hot. :-D

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"Rob Stow" <rob.stow.nospam@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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> MyndPhlyp wrote:
> >
> > (I wonder ... if my kid burns his hand on the stove, who would I sue:
the
> > stove manufacturer, the electric company, the installer, the supplier,
the
> > interior designer, the landlord? After all, our (US) court system has
pretty
> > much accepted we are not responsible for our own actions these days.)
> >
>
> None of the above. Your wife was the one who
> left the stove unattended while the burner was
> hot. :-D

Ah - no good. She would have grounds for a countersuit since I (presumably)
had something to do with the conception and there would undoubtedly be a
jury out there willing to listen to a liar ... er, lawyer argue the kid
wouldn't have burnt his hand if he hadn't been conceived in the first place.

 

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>>
>> None of the above. Your wife was the one who
>> left the stove unattended while the burner was
>> hot. :-D
>
> Ah - no good. She would have grounds for a countersuit since I
> (presumably)
> had something to do with the conception and there would undoubtedly be a
> jury out there willing to listen to a liar ... er, lawyer argue the kid
> wouldn't have burnt his hand if he hadn't been conceived in the first
> place.
>
>
Well then your parents should be sued for concieving you as they made you
etc.

Why not just everyone sue everyone. Wait in America they do do that.

 

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"Lee Waun" <leewaun@telus.net> wrote in message
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> >>
> >> None of the above. Your wife was the one who
> >> left the stove unattended while the burner was
> >> hot. :-D
> >
> > Ah - no good. She would have grounds for a countersuit since I
> > (presumably)
> > had something to do with the conception and there would undoubtedly be a
> > jury out there willing to listen to a liar ... er, lawyer argue the kid
> > wouldn't have burnt his hand if he hadn't been conceived in the first
> > place.
> >
> >
> Well then your parents should be sued for concieving you as they made you
> etc.
>
> Why not just everyone sue everyone. Wait in America they do do that.

Yeppers. Somehow your post escaped me. Now that I've found it, you can
expect a summons delivery soon. I'm going to sue you for defamation of
character. <g>

 

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Lee Waun wrote:
> I am not fond of AMD. I am a long time Intel user and read these
> newsgroups everyday and despite all the pro AMD info circulated
> around these newsgroups I will not change machines. Something about a
> old dog and tricks or something like that. I also killfiled JK a long
> time ago.

Killfiling JK is no proof that you're pro-Intel or anti-AMD.

Yousuf Khan

 

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"Yousuf Khan" <bbbl67@ezrs.com> wrote in message
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> Lee Waun wrote:
>> I am not fond of AMD. I am a long time Intel user and read these
>> newsgroups everyday and despite all the pro AMD info circulated
>> around these newsgroups I will not change machines. Something about a
>> old dog and tricks or something like that. I also killfiled JK a long
>> time ago.
>
> Killfiling JK is no proof that you're pro-Intel or anti-AMD.
>
> Yousuf Khan
>

Yah but it sure makes the group easier to read.

I hope Intel catches up to AMD tech wise but even if they don't I won't buy
AMD just to piss JK off.
>

 

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Lee Waun wrote:
>> Killfiling JK is no proof that you're pro-Intel or anti-AMD.
>>
>> Yousuf Khan
>>
>
> Yah but it sure makes the group easier to read.
>
> I hope Intel catches up to AMD tech wise but even if they don't I
> won't buy AMD just to piss JK off.

He's making AMDroids wanna go buy a Pentium.

Yousuf Khan

 

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"Yousuf Khan" <bbbl67@ezrs.com> wrote in message
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> Lee Waun wrote:
>>> Killfiling JK is no proof that you're pro-Intel or anti-AMD.
>>>
>>> Yousuf Khan
>>>
>>
>> Yah but it sure makes the group easier to read.
>>
>> I hope Intel catches up to AMD tech wise but even if they don't I
>> won't buy AMD just to piss JK off.
>
> He's making AMDroids wanna go buy a Pentium.
>
> Yousuf Khan
>
>
He he He. Maybe he really is an Intel plant. Makes sense if you really
think about it. No one can really be as stupid as he seems to be. It has to
be an act to make AMD look bad. It is working too.

 

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"Lee Waun" <leewaun@telus.net> wrote in message
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> No one can really be as stupid as he seems to be.
>

Genius has its limitations, while stupidity knows no boundaries.