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"this is the last version of Windows!" Fun fact: Microsoft never said this. Instead it was picked up by the media somehow and Microsoft simply chose never to c
by zulban 5y ago
"this is the last version of Windows!"
Fun fact: Microsoft never said this. Instead it was picked up by the media somehow and Microsoft simply chose never to correct anyone on it. My source is the Security Now podcast.
- frou_dh 5y agoIf it's anything like the last time then Bill Gates is going to have to answer questions about "10 ought to be enough for anybody" for decades.
- dylan604 5y agoBut hasn't Bill not been in charge for like forever?
- josefx 5y agoHe still held an influential position on Microsoft's board until March 2020.
- dylan604 5y agoI like to make fun of Bill as much as the next anti-MS shill, but influential position on the board is not the same as writing the code with a 384k memory limit. Also, how much influence do board members have on code of an OS anyways? All code must be written in Rust type of decisions. You must refactor these 10 lines into a function to be used later kind of decisions? That seems way too boots on the ground for a 30k' view type of position/job description.
- agent327 5y agoI'll grant this could be true, but like many I have clear memory of them saying this, and denying it now seems like a bad case of rewriting history in order to save a marginal bit of face. It's like how Bill Gates was never supposed to have said anything about 640K being enough for anyone. So what if he said it? He may be rich and famous, but does that mean he doesn't occasionally say something that seems rather silly in hindsight? I'd respect them more if they just said "yeah, we said it would be the last one, but you know what... We reckon we can do better. This one goes to ELEVEN!" There, that's your marketing done as well, Microsoft. So they changed their minds. Wow, it's almost like they're human beings or something! It wouldn't be nearly as noteworthy as denying it is already proving to be...