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Submission + - Man upgrades Internet Explorer 1.0 to 9.0 [video] (winrumors.com)

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FrankNFurter

on Thursday March 17, 2011 @12:22PM

FrankNFurter writes: "As seen on winrumors:

Some will remember the video of Andrew Tait upgrading Windows from 1.0 to 7. He did another one — this time installing all major versions of IE from 1.0 to 9.0."

Submission + - Microsoft planning app store for Windows 8 (neowin.net)

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FrankNFurter

on Monday June 28, 2010 @02:49PM

FrankNFurter writes: "Microsoft is planning a Windows Store for Windows 8 according to documents leaked to the Internet on Monday.

The application store will allow users to discover and download trustworthy applications and have applications and their settings follow them on Windows 8. "Consumers get applications they want, that they can feel confident in, that they can use on any Windows 8 device" reads one of many slides detailing the new Windows Store.

Consumers will be able to search on the web or locally on a Windows 8 machine to access applications from the store. Microsoft also details plans for application developers to help reach millions of users. One of the goals is to ensure licensing and monetization for developers is flexible with a transparent on-boarding process.

It's clear that the 'Windows Store' will be a software service Microsoft provides and hosts fully in the cloud. The company will likely build the distribution model on Windows Azure to lure application developers."

Submission + - FSF launches campaign against Windows Vista

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FrankNFurter

on Saturday December 16, 2006 @02:52PM

FrankNFurter writes: "The FSF yesterday launched BadVista, a campaign against Microsoft's new operating system. The aim of this is to inform users about the (alleged) harms inflicted by it on the user and free software alternatives. Quoth program administrator John Sullivan: "Vista is an upsell masquerading as an upgrade. It is an overall regression when you look at the most important aspect of owning and using a computer: your control over what it does. Obviously MS Windows is already proprietary and very restrictive, and well worth rejecting. But the new 'features' in Vista are a Trojan Horse to smuggle in even more restrictions. We'll be focusing attention on detailing how they work, how to resist them, and why people should care.""

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