Ahh....the memories http://www.h3m3.com/hot-dog-stand
On 6 March 2012 18:13, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow.....Hot Dog theme, when's the last time I heard of that? Can you still > get it? Someone somewhere is probably still keeping it going. > > > On 6 March 2012 18:06, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Steven Peck <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Steven Peck <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > I keep looking up and the sky is still there.... >> >> >> >> Nobody said the sky was falling, or that we should go back to DOS, >> >> or that Microsoft wasn't staffed by professionals. Building a straw >> >> an and then attacking that doesn't actually address any of the >> >> comments people have been making. >> > >> > Then perhaps it was the sound of panic in some of the messges that >> > distracted me. Dismissing the rest of my comments amounts to the same >> thing >> > on your part. >> >> I'm not dismissing them. Here they are in full if it matters -- my >> statement is the same either way: >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Steven Peck <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I keep looking up and the sky is still there. >> > >> > I've been using it on hardware at home since Thursday (not nearly long >> > enough). People are doing the same thing they do anytime there is a >> > change. The Internetz hate it because (it's different/not what I am >> used >> > to/how dare they). >> > >> > Whatever. >> > >> > It took me 30-60 minutes to adjust to navigating around the interface. >> I >> > don't miss the Start button, I just pop down where I used to and wow, >> there >> > something is. As to the metro apps, I am trying them. So far (baring >> the >> > oddities of my live id setup) they are working ok and I am adjusting to >> the >> > operational differences. I figured I would give it more then 5 days of >> > intermittent use before I actually declared I was going back to the >> good old >> > days of DOS! >> > >> > I haven't installed Office yet, but once I do that, poof, there goes >> most of >> > the reason I would launch a metro app anyway. Except Xbox companion, >> and a >> > few games, and the people hub is interesting, oh, the picture hub >> too.... >> > >> > This is the first public generation of the Metro UI. We're completing >> our >> > migration to Windows 7 this year at work. It would have been last year >> > except internal politics and the new manager seems to have things on >> time >> > this round. Enterprise will adjust slowly however, our management is >> making >> > sure we are watching this change but we don't plan to leap into it. We >> are >> > also not saying no yet as a gut reaction. We seriously won't even >> decide >> > this until next year in any case, however, we will be watching it and >> the >> > corporate stuff that will come with it. >> > >> > I am going to do the VHD load on my wife's laptop this weekend since >> she is >> > so interested in trying it out. She is not a techie, usually she just >> > tolerates it when I update her technology at home. This time, she is >> > intrigued and wants to play with it. >> > >> > >> http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToGuideToInstallingAndBootingWindows8ConsumerPreviewOffAVHDVirtualHardDisk.aspx >> > >> > I have met some of the MS UI folks when they came out and interviewed a >> > bunch of our team last year. It was interesting. They seemed like >> > competent professionals. I am willing to wait and see if I can deal >> with >> > this change in a calm rational manner when we get more information on >> the >> > interesting stuff. GPOs customization options, etc. later this year. >> > >> > I suspect that in the end we will get the same people pulling out that >> tired >> > old meme (every other OS is a failure) which isn't really true, or >> pulling >> > out the graphics comparing Windows 8 to some early version of Windows >> that >> > actually ran on DOS with the hot dog theme set and pretending like >> there is >> > some relevant comparison between shortcuts and Live Tiles, memory >> management >> > and underlying capabilities. These will all be the same people who said >> > Microsoft must address the iPads and smart phones or they will be fail. >> Now >> > mostly, these same people are saying Microsoft is all sorts of fail when >> > they actually took a bold step in re-imaging their entire line up in a >> way, >> > that is starting to look pretty darn interesting (SkyDrive for everyone) >> > >> > Fortunately, we should see the trend in a year. 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