Microsoft shortens Windows name

[Yousuf Khan]

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

http://entmag.com/news/rss.asp?editorialsid=6343

 

[Stubby Boardman]

| 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?

 

[Ed Light]

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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[MyndPhlyp]

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.)

 

[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

 

[Tony Hill]

| 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 :>

 

[Johannes H Andersen]

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'.

 

[Alexander Grigoriev]

LOL!

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

 

[Lee Waun]

LOL!

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

Nope it was "Start me Up" for win95

 

[Ed]

Nope it was "Start me Up" for win95

Later it was changed to....
(Try to) Start Me Up

 

[Nick Roberts]

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"

;-)

 

[Yousuf Khan]

Nope it was "Start me Up" for win95

He was trying to be clever.

Yousuf Khan

 

[David Magda]

Nope it was "Start me Up" for win95

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

 

[Lee Waun]

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

Good point.

 

[Nelson M. G. Santiago]

In <[email protected]>, on 08/23/04

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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Today is Tue Aug 24, 2004.

As of 11:08am this OS/2 Warp 4 system has been up for 0 days, 0 hours, and
24 minutes. It's running 31 processes with 132 threads.

 

[MyndPhlyp]

In <[email protected]>, on 08/23/04


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.)

 

[Rob Stow]

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

 

[MyndPhlyp]

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.

 

[Lee Waun]

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.

 

[Grumble]

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.)

The infamous "McDonald's coffee case" is definitely *NOT* an example of
frivolous lawsuits.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald's_coffee_case