Volume Licensed WinXP Pro - Corporate Edition

[jonah]

Sorry to bring this up but it seems to cause so much venom I would
appreciate an explanation of the problem.

Volume Licensed WinXP Pro is obviously the official name as has been
pointed out ad nauseum.

"Corporate Edition" doesn't exist (allegedly, actually I personally
don't care if it exists or not), is seemingly subject to more demands
for proof of existence than God himself and of couse the term
"Corporate" means its a pirated version of the said Volume Licensed
WinXP Pro which has also been screamed about like its in the bloody
constitution or something.

I call Volume Licensed WinXP Pro "Corporate" because its easier to say
and write for that matter than "Volume Licensed WinXP Pro". Thats it
it, just works better nothing more.

In all the time XP has been on release and I have been working with it
in the industry I have never yet heard anybody at all refer to
"Volume Licensed WinXP Pro" or anything remotely similar; they all
from IT managers to shop floor builders call it "Corporate" or
similar. Admittedly I do most work for home users and small companies
but even so I have never heard the official term used.

IMHO this is merely a matter of language useage which is not
controlled by M$ or anybody else for that matter. Admittedly I live on
the other side of the pond and we have our two nations divided by a
common language thing but this "Corporate" issue is really OTT.

I am guilty of making the assumption that most of the zealots are US
based mainly because Brits just would not get so upset and Europeans
would use any term that gets the gist over and they can spell near
enough, anybody else would not give a toss.

Anybody want to explain why this is sooooooooo important from an
english language POV not a piracy rant please? and why its worth
getting so uptight over?

I am going to have a fag now.

And FFS don't use the term "My Fanny Hurts" in the UK

Don't bother Donald I KF'ed you.



Jonah

 

[Lester Stiefel]

Sorry to bring this up but it seems to cause so much venom I would
appreciate an explanation of the problem.

Volume Licensed WinXP Pro is obviously the official name as has been
pointed out ad nauseum.

"Corporate Edition" doesn't exist (allegedly, actually I personally
don't care if it exists or not), is seemingly subject to more demands
for proof of existence than God himself and of couse the term
"Corporate" means its a pirated version of the said Volume Licensed
WinXP Pro which has also been screamed about like its in the bloody
constitution or something.

I call Volume Licensed WinXP Pro "Corporate" because its easier to say
and write for that matter than "Volume Licensed WinXP Pro". Thats it
it, just works better nothing more.

In all the time XP has been on release and I have been working with it
in the industry I have never yet heard anybody at all refer to
"Volume Licensed WinXP Pro" or anything remotely similar; they all
from IT managers to shop floor builders call it "Corporate" or
similar. Admittedly I do most work for home users and small companies
but even so I have never heard the official term used.

IMHO this is merely a matter of language useage which is not
controlled by M$ or anybody else for that matter. Admittedly I live on
the other side of the pond and we have our two nations divided by a
common language thing but this "Corporate" issue is really OTT.

I am guilty of making the assumption that most of the zealots are US
based mainly because Brits just would not get so upset and Europeans
would use any term that gets the gist over and they can spell near
enough, anybody else would not give a toss.

Anybody want to explain why this is sooooooooo important from an
english language POV not a piracy rant please? and why its worth
getting so uptight over?

I am going to have a fag now.

And FFS don't use the term "My Fanny Hurts" in the UK

Don't bother Donald I KF'ed you.



Jonah

In writing about Volume Licensed Edition, In the future
Just Abbreviate it as "WinXP pro - VL". This gets away from
using the word "corporate" which then sets a flag as 'may be
a pirated version'. You may be able to tell what the VL
means (I hope).

 

[Winux P]

'pirated version' is also an emotionally, potent over simplification,
propagated by the Ministry of Sh!t (abbr. MS).

Johan, if you say in Australia,

">> I am going to have a fag now."

Someone will say, "what a smoke, or the real thing"

- Winux P

 

[jonah]

On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 19:15:09 -0400, Lester Stiefel

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In writing about Volume Licensed Edition, In the future
Just Abbreviate it as "WinXP pro - VL". This gets away from
using the word "corporate" which then sets a flag as 'may be
a pirated version'. You may be able to tell what the VL
means (I hope).

Yeah its a real pain innit?

Thank gawd for ctrl V



Jonah

 

[jonah]

Hmmmmmmmm!

'pirated version' is also an emotionally, potent over simplification,
propagated by the Ministry of Sh!t (abbr. MS).

Johan, if you say in Australia,

">> I am going to have a fag now."

Someone will say, "what a smoke, or the real thing"

So thats how you get a Coke in an OZ pub, just ask for a fag eh?

Well I'll be b*ggered as they say.

Thanks a lot man I couldn't get anything but evil tasting beer so
ridiculously cold it needed gloves to handle.



Jonah

 

[Winux P]

Hmmmmmmmm!



So thats how you get a Coke in an OZ pub, just ask for a fag eh?

Careful, if you say that after one too many drinks, you may loose more than
just your memory.

Well I'll be b*ggered as they say.

That's right!

Thanks a lot man I couldn't get anything but evil tasting beer so
ridiculously cold it needed gloves to handle.

It's exactly what all Ozzies in the UK say they had to wear in the middle of
a UK summer. Gloves.

- Winux P

 

[Jonah]

snip


It's exactly what all Ozzies in the UK say they had to wear in the middle of
a UK summer. Gloves.

Is it compulsory for all Antipodeans between 18 - 24 to work in the
UK for 2 years? Some sort of law possibly? I don't mind in the least
but there can't be many young adults left in OZ they all appear to be
here wearing motorcycle gloves and lugging a surfboard around the tube
usually..

Jonah

 

[Kerry Brown]

The best lager I have tasted is called Polar and it's the only beer in
Venezuela. What they send to the States as Polar isn't the same. The Vens
imported some German brewers into the country to brew it ages ago.

Would that have been right after WW2?

Kerry