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Re:Microsoft’s problem isn’t how often it updates Windows, i... by alxlaz on Saturday October 20, 2018 @01:04PM (#18264195)
Hey, do you accept congratulations from someone who's used nothing but Unices for ages now?

The stuff you and your (now former) colleagues have put up lately is remarkable. The last version of Windows I used on my home machine was Windows 2000, and Windows 10 is the first one I've looked at since then and said you know, I could actually use this thing, I guess.

I don't trust your (former) bosses enough to make the switch, but you folks have done some pretty amazing stuff lately.

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Re:Microsoft’s problem isn’t how often it updates Windows, i... by _greim_ on Saturday October 20, 2018 @01:27PM (#18264322)
Ha! This makes me chuckle. I myself was a web developer during the decade of IE6 dominance, advocating for Mozilla all the while. Despite it being trendy and contrarian to praise "M$" nowadays, I feel like that ice is only now beginning to thaw. Not so much the coming of spring, but a slight decrease in the hoarfrost on the windowpane. Great shuddering booms as the lake ice cracks. That sort of thing. Yes, if Microsoft continues being non-horrible, I may eventually warm up to them :)

Shuffles back to corner. Furtively plays with new TypeScript toy. Hisses at passerby.

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Re:Microsoft’s problem isn’t how often it updates Windows, i... by godzillabrennus on Saturday October 20, 2018 @05:15PM (#18265514)
I remember installing Mozilla Firefox on family friends computers in those years and changing the icon to IE so the average person wouldn’t notice and the world would have one more Firefox user.

I was a teenager.

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Re:Microsoft’s problem isn’t how often it updates Windows, i... by gear54rus on Sunday October 21, 2018 @01:10AM (#18266823)
interesting. did it work?
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Re:Microsoft’s problem isn’t how often it updates Windows, i... by seba_dos1 on Sunday October 21, 2018 @04:24PM (#18269998)
From my experience, it usually did.
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Re:Microsoft’s problem isn’t how often it updates Windows, i... by zaphirplane on Monday October 22, 2018 @08:16AM (#18274002)
Not with my hank and other banks
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Re:Microsoft’s problem isn’t how often it updates Windows, i... by ungamed on Monday October 22, 2018 @11:44AM (#18275590)
Did your hank sell propane and propane accessories ?
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Re:Microsoft’s problem isn’t how often it updates Windows, i... by godzillabrennus on Monday October 22, 2018 @02:34PM (#18277069)
It worked perfectly.
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Re:Microsoft’s problem isn’t how often it updates Windows, i... by mlazos on Sunday October 21, 2018 @07:06AM (#18267502)
> new TypeScript toy.

One thing I’ve come to realize is that MS definitely excels at programming language design, coming out of college I had no experience with the MS CLR languages and I was pleasantly surprised at how well designed and usable their languages are.

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Re:Microsoft’s problem isn’t how often it updates Windows, i... by ams6110 on Saturday October 20, 2018 @06:20PM (#18265790)
That's funny, because Windows 2000 Pro was the version I liked the most.
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Re:Microsoft’s problem isn’t how often it updates Windows, i... by mixmastamyk on Saturday October 20, 2018 @07:30PM (#18266016)
Yep, a maintained Win2k with a real terminal and shell would be the pinnacle of OS interface design.

Remember when we were allowed to customize our own color themes?

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Re:Microsoft’s problem isn’t how often it updates Windows, i... by alxlaz on Sunday October 21, 2018 @03:05AM (#18267028)
I also liked Windows 2000, very much. I used it on-and-off (though mostly on...) while I was learning Linux. I switched around 2003 or so, I think. After that... up until Windows Vista or so I was just being a l33t h4x03 hipster kid. After that I was legitimately getting better stuff in Linux land.
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Re:Microsoft’s problem isn’t how often it updates Windows, i... by sizzle on Saturday October 20, 2018 @09:17PM (#18266319)
Windows 95 was a game changer for me.
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