> From: Michael Hampicke [mailto:gentoo-u...@hadt.biz] > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 8:10 AM > > > Technically, they did, it was just impossible for an OS to make it > > actually work: > > > > http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2009/04/02/9528175.aspx > > > Quote > > And you certainly don't want to make the user go through this > > training session when they unpack their computer on Christmas > > morning. "Thank you for using Window 95. Before we begin, please > > insert a floppy disk in drive A:." > > I wish they would have tought of that when they forced users to activate > and/or register Windows. > > "Thank you for using Window XP. Before we begin, please enter your 100 > digit serial number"
Sweet. I had 15 minutes in the office "how long before someone makes a pointless, unrelated Windows insult out of my post" pool; I just won $5.