Meet Windows Mojave:
The “Mojave Experiment”
It’s fast, it’s sleek, it’s cool, it’s hip, it’s… really Windows Vista?
This is the best marketing idea Microsoft has come up with in a long time. Dealing, as I do, with many novice computer users, getting them to switch to Vista has been an uphill fight. Most of them haven’t tried the OS or even seen it. They’re getting all their info from word of mouth and aren’t sitting down to try it. In this “experiment,” Microsoft has taken many different users and after listening to them bash Windows Vista, ask them to try the newest OS, Windows Mojave. Upon trying it, everyone is loving it and wanting it, and then comes the reveal… it’s actually Windows Vista.
It’s a great watch… I love the responses some of the people give (for real hilarity, click the link that says “You can’t please everyone.”) and how honest they are.
Seriously people, give Vista a try. Yes, it had issues… but so did XP… and 2000… and ME… and 98… and 95… ad infinitum. It’s not like Microsoft is the only company to have issues with new products (let us not forget the MobileMe mess) and if you never try anything new, you’ll be left behind.
Some information about the experiment via the Windows Vista Blog:
There you have it. If you’re using an older version of Windows… go give Vista a chance!
These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 07/17/08 … please enjoy:
John Wiley Price: "I don't even know what blog means" | Grits for Breakfast
As far as an elected official in 2007 declaring he doesn't know what the word "blog" means – Good God! I don't know where to begin.
'Shawshank' in a Minute | Radar Online
The Shawshank Redemption in one minute… rapped. It's awesome, trust me on this!
S.F. officials locked out of computer network | San Francisco Chronicle
A disgruntled city computer engineer has virtually commandeered San Francisco's new multimillion-dollar computer network, altering it to deny access to top administrators even as he sits in jail on $5 million bail, authorities said Monday.
Zombie Garden Gnome | Gizmodo
Design Toscano wants you to "expect the extraordinary from your home and garden," and that includes the walking dead. Take this 13-lb. resin undead garden zombie, for example.
Obama bloats Vista by 11MB | The Register
We're very much obliged today to readers Hawkeye and Duncan Lilly for providing evidence that the Beast of Redmond's Vista is not the lean, mean fighting machine it really should be. Check out this "important" update warning for size.
Come back for more links tomorrow!!
These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 07/09/08 … please enjoy:
LEGO Hamster Lift Might Actually Be More Cruel Than the Wheel | Gizmodo
The hamster wheel… on one hand, it keeps the hamster in shape. On the other, that hamster going nowhere. This elevator leaves us, again, floating in moral ambiguity. One one hand, it’s a LEGO elevator. On the other…well, just watch.
A Perspective on 3-D Visual Illusions | Scientific American
In this illusion, two identical side-by-side images of the same tilted and receding object appear to be leaning at two different angles.
Linux for housewives. XP for geeks. | ZDNet
The computer proletariat is rising up – and computing will never be the same. Tiny, sub-$500 ?netbooks? like the Asus Eee are the hottest thing going in notebooks today. And some surprising things are happening. Like housewives on Linux.
NASA sets date for final shuttle mission in 2010 | Physorg
Following a detailed, integrated assessment, NASA selected target launch dates for the remaining eight space shuttle missions on the current manifest in 2009 and 2010. May 31st, 2010 will be the final launch for the time being.
Apple Just Gave Out My Apple ID Password Because Someone Asked | Consumerist
All the security in the world can be rendered useless by human error, it seems. Marko Karppinen, a software designer, says Apple gave his password to someone who simply emailed them and asked for it.
Bill Gates Chews Out Microsoft Over XP | Gizmodo
We came across this jewel from 2003… this is a leaked memo from Microsoft, it’s several pages of Gates just laying into his design and programming staff for his personal experience when trying to install Windows Moviemaker.
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Hot on the heels of FireFox 3.0 being released (have you downloaded it yet??), the Wine team has announced they’ve finally hit version 1.0!
The Wine team is proud to announce that Wine 1.0 is now available. This is the first stable release of Wine after 15 years of development and beta testing. Many thanks to everybody who helped us along that long road!
While compatibility is not perfect yet, thousands of applications have been reported to work very well. Check http://appdb.winehq.org to see the details for your favorite applications.
Congrats guys, it was a long time coming!!! For those who don’t know, in short, Wine allows you to run Windows programs in a Linux environment. Right from their about page:
Wine is a translation layer (a program loader) capable of running Windows applications on Linux and other POSIX compatible operating systems. Windows programs running in Wine act as native programs would, running without the performance or memory usage penalties of an emulator, with a similar look and feel to other applications on your desktop.
The Wine project started in 1993 as a way to support running Windows 3.1 programs on Linux. Bob Amstadt was the original coordinator, but turned it over fairly early on to Alexandre Julliard, who has run it ever since. Over the years, ports for other Unixes have been added, along with support for Win32 as Win32 applications became popular.
Cool, huh? Speaking of cool, check out the cake that Microsoft sent over to the FireFox crew:
Now that’s class! Those of you may remember that this same thing happened for the launch of FireFox 2:
Gotta love the sense of humor these guys have!