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This reminds me of when Steve Balmer became the CEO of Microsoft. He sold Windows in so many versions that even a developer like me had no idea of what the dif
by silvestrov 9mo ago
This reminds me of when Steve Balmer became the CEO of Microsoft.
He sold Windows in so many versions that even a developer like me had no idea of what the difference was between them. I could not figure out from the packaging which version I needed.
- retired 9mo agoHad to use an LLM to generate this list: Windows Vista was available in Starter (32-bit only, Retail and OEM), Home Basic (32-bit and 64-bit, Retail, OEM, and Volume License, plus Home Basic N 32/64-bit, Retail/OEM/Volume, in multiple languages), Home Premium (32/64-bit, Retail/OEM/Volume, Home Premium N 32/64-bit, Retail/OEM/Volume, in multiple languages), Business (32/64-bit, Retail/OEM/Volume, Business N 32/64-bit, Retail/OEM/Volume, in multiple languages), Enterprise (32/64-bit, Volume License only, Enterprise N 32/64-bit, in multiple languages), Ultimate (32/64-bit, Retail/OEM, Ultimate N 32/64-bit, Retail/OEM, in multiple languages), and the Korean-market versions Home Basic K, Home Premium K, Business K, Enterprise K, Ultimate K (all 32/64-bit, Retail/OEM/Volume, in multiple languages), plus Tablet PC editions, Media Center pre-bundled versions, and Embedded/IoT variants, each with additional 32/64-bit and N/K distinctions, creating a combinatorial explosion of literally hundreds of distinct SKUs when factoring in architecture, licensing type, language packs, and region-specific requirements.
- OhMeadhbh 9mo agopreach your truth, brother.
- fmajid 9mo agoLeading to Jeff Atwood's memorable rant: https://blog.codinghorror.com/oh-you-wanted-awesome-edition/ https://blog.codinghorror.com/oh-you-wanted-awesome-edition/ "Open source software only comes in one edition: awesome."
- r_lee 9mo agoYou listed the K/N etc. ones as well, they're still a thing to this day... And the situation was pretty much the same thing for Windows 7