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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Charles Arthur

A little Vista humour

To leaven the Vista gloom (if anyone's feeling gloomy about it. Read on even if you aren't). From bbspot:

Redmond, WA - Microsoft announced today that its new operating system Vista will ship in 33 editions to enable consumers to get exactly which version they need. Barry Goffe, a director of Microsoft's Windows client unit announced this innovative move from Microsoft earlier today.
"We're trying to make sure we have the right set of offerings for different customers," said Goffe. The impressive list of Vista Editions follows:
  • Vista Professional Edition
  • Vista Semi-Professional Edition
  • Vista Slightly Professional Edition
  • Vista Complete Amateur Edition
  • (..and so on)
...."There should be something there for everyone," said Goffe. When asked when the editions would be shipping, Goffe replied, "I can't really say, we haven't finished coding any of this yet."


What's scary is that that was put up nearly three weeks ago...

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