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Are you a time traveler? Because it only came out 4.5 years ago...

tpmx 7y ago
No, I'm not. The current product name is Windows 10. When I bought the retail DVD + license key package sometime back in 2008 or so the product was called Windows 7. I could take a photo of the retail package if you really want. Please chill. Edit: I should just stop commenting on threads involving Microsoft/Windows, I guess. Any criticism to the product or the company in these these kinds of threads are not treated lighly.
- judge2020 7y ago
  > I have been using Windows 10 on a kick-ass desktop PC for the past decade or so This very much sounds like you mean you've used Windows 10, the current non-7, non-8, non-8.1 software for a decade.
  - deleted 7y ago
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  - snvzz 7y ago
    For most, win7 turned into 10 via free upgrade.
  - slenk 7y ago
    So did he add the "and its ancestors" part after you commented? edit: CApitalization
    - tpmx 7y ago
      I'm really curious about why you think the timing is important. I have a guess, but I'd like to hear your story first.
      - slenk 7y ago
        Because quoting it but leaving it out of the quote is a tad deceitful.
        tpmx 7y ago
        > Because quoting it but leaving it out of the quote is a tad deceitful. Quoting it but leaving it out of the quote? What does that even mean? That's nonsensical.
        slenk 7y ago
        "Because quoting it (the OP) but leaving it (the parenthetical statement) out of the quote...
    - judge2020 7y ago
      Yes, the quote was before he added it.
      - tpmx 7y ago
        "Be kind. Don't be snarky. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine."
- Grazester 7y ago
  You're making even less sense in this post and you ask him/her to chill?
- ddtaylor 7y ago
  I very much dislike Microsoft products and use Linux exclusively, but that doesn't change how time works.
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tpmx 7y ago
I'd like to remind all commenters of this part the HN Guidelines: "Be kind. Don't be snarky. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine."
- Dylan16807 7y ago
  Fair, that was snarky. But your response of offering a photo of your windows 7 disk was worse. Your initial comment didn't make sense until you edited it, and there was no need to be so defensive about that. You could have just said you meant 7-10. And it's not the same product any more than XP and Vista are the same product. A free upgrade is still an upgrade.

tpmx 7y ago

No, I'm not. The current product name is Windows 10. When I bought the retail DVD + license key package sometime back in 2008 or so the product was called Windows 7. I could take a photo of the retail package if you really want. Please chill. Edit: I should just stop commenting on threads involving Microsoft/Windows, I guess. Any criticism to the product or the company in these these kinds of threads are not treated lighly.

judge2020 7y ago
> I have been using Windows 10 on a kick-ass desktop PC for the past decade or so This very much sounds like you mean you've used Windows 10, the current non-7, non-8, non-8.1 software for a decade.
- deleted 7y ago
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- snvzz 7y ago
  For most, win7 turned into 10 via free upgrade.
- slenk 7y ago
  So did he add the "and its ancestors" part after you commented? edit: CApitalization
  - tpmx 7y ago
    I'm really curious about why you think the timing is important. I have a guess, but I'd like to hear your story first.
    - slenk 7y ago
      Because quoting it but leaving it out of the quote is a tad deceitful.
      - tpmx 7y ago
        > Because quoting it but leaving it out of the quote is a tad deceitful. Quoting it but leaving it out of the quote? What does that even mean? That's nonsensical.
        slenk 7y ago
        "Because quoting it (the OP) but leaving it (the parenthetical statement) out of the quote...
  - judge2020 7y ago
    Yes, the quote was before he added it.
    - tpmx 7y ago
      "Be kind. Don't be snarky. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine."
Grazester 7y ago
You're making even less sense in this post and you ask him/her to chill?
ddtaylor 7y ago
I very much dislike Microsoft products and use Linux exclusively, but that doesn't change how time works.

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tpmx 7y ago

I'd like to remind all commenters of this part the HN Guidelines: "Be kind. Don't be snarky. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine."

Dylan16807 7y ago
Fair, that was snarky. But your response of offering a photo of your windows 7 disk was worse. Your initial comment didn't make sense until you edited it, and there was no need to be so defensive about that. You could have just said you meant 7-10. And it's not the same product any more than XP and Vista are the same product. A free upgrade is still an upgrade.