Seattlest: Wherefore Art Thou, Microsoftie?

Jake of 8bitjoystick.com

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 12:43:42 -0800

So if no one can beat my entry of Q4 2001 do I win by default? I mean Windows XP, Office XP, Outlook Express 6, Windows Media Player 8 Internet Explorer 6 and the Xbox is nothing to snear at.

Jake of 8bitjoystick.com

Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:23:43 -0800

Also XP was the first NT based consumer OS from Microsoft. NT development started in 1988 so it was being worked on for 13 years before Win XP. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT#Development

Jake of 8bitjoystick.com

Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:18:39 -0800

Well the hype around Windows XP was about how a mainstream "NT" based OS was supposed to make everything secure and easy to use for everybody. Of course Vista was suppposed to solve the security problems of XP.. XP was supposed to solve the security problems of Windows ME, Windows ME was supposed to solve the security problems of Windows 98 that was supposed to solve the security problems of Windows 95 that was supposed to solve the security problems of Win 3.1. Anyone see a pattern here?

Dan

Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:27:55 -0800

I don't know... Windows XP != Vista in terms of development. Not even close. Outlook Express 6 is also questionably of the same scale as the rest of these and IE 6 was more of an incremental release... I'll give you the Xbox, good call, but no prize pack awarded.

Jake of 8bitjoystick.com

Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:17:52 -0800

Well in fourth quarter 2001 there was, Windows XP, Office XP, Outlook Express 6, Windows Media Player 8 Internet Explorer 6 and the Xbox. So where is my prize?