Joe Public: What happen ?
Coder: Somebody set up us the bomb.
Operator: We get signal.
Joe Public: What !
Operator: Main screen turn on.
Joe Public: It's you !!
Wall Street Fat Cat: How are you gentlemen !!
Wall Street Fat Cat: All your base are belong to us.

yeh, it was nvidia. haha

another good idea is reduce the number of "run on startup" lists to one. theres a billion options for running your stuff on startup. should be just one place.

while im ranting, i hate that i've got two processes in task manager called rundll32.exe that i havent a clue what they do

estimate 1: nt4 (900 days), 2000 (1200 days) and xp (600 days), at around 1000 days of development. windows 7 started around oct 2006. that puts rtm at jun-09. (vista was about 2000 days, but lets overlook that)

estimate 2: xp and vista both had about 2-3 months from rc to rtm. that puts rtm at jul/aug.

I once dined at a restaurant that took my order, but minutes later realised they couldnt make it due to stock shortage. I got a different meal, and they told me mine was for free!

The way a company recovers from a problem can actually turn into a net positive experience for the customer.

In my case, I'm turned from an unsatisfied customer, to an advocate. For sure, I've recommended friends dine there since then.

Every interaction is an opportunity to delight the customer. Even those events that at first feel like a disaster unrolling.

When looking at the before/after pictures, was anyone else surprised when they read which was the raytraced version?

To me, the ship in the water looks better with the bump map.

I cannot use Windows out of the box. I must also install TextPad, and set up the quick tray, and install Firefox, and FlashGet/Flashgot, and a whole bunch of other stuff.
If you're new to Windows (yes, you are - maybe not new to computer, but new to Windows) then it's going to be an irritating experience until you settle on your "way of doing stuff". Especially frustrating for the experienced other-os user, since they already have their "way of doing stuff" and it's just so slow doing it in Windows.

I've had around 20 years experience with computers. I would also refer to it as "in front of a computer".

if you're migrating, no doubt you're performing tests to ensure your product is still fit.
once you have your test plan ready, determining fitness against either kernel should be straight-forward.

Who?