{"id":1346,"date":"2005-12-03T01:06:51","date_gmt":"2005-12-03T08:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andreaswacker.com\/blog\/2005\/12\/03\/longhorn-news\/"},"modified":"2005-12-03T01:06:51","modified_gmt":"2005-12-03T08:06:51","slug":"longhorn-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andreaswacker.com\/blog\/2005\/12\/03\/longhorn-news\/","title":{"rendered":"longhorn news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I know they call it Vista now. It&#8217;s just fun to mess with branding campaigns by ignoring them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eweek.com\/article2\/0,1895,1895276,00.asp\"> No more reboots<\/a> sounds like a great concept.<br \/>\nNo, I mean that. Especially if it comes from a company that used to require a reboot for a change of the IP address.  I am _that_ old: Windows 95 was my last -and actually only- Windows machine. Side by side with an SGI O2. I cloned that machine yesterday: It&#8217;s a funny feeling to suddenly see yor desktop again after five years.<\/p>\n<p>Back to &#8216;no more reboots&#8217;: I liked the concept, until I read &#8220;&#8230; Restart Manager will work with Microsoft Update, Windows Update, Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, Microsoft Software Installer, and Microsoft Systems Management Server &#8230; &#8221;<br \/>\nReading monster word heaps like this I am so glad that I don&#8217;t need to undertstand what it means. I spend 80% of my waking times with my computer during those weeks away from the my family. And I am so god damn glad that I don&#8217;t have to deal with any of this junk. The names alone make me cringe. I would hate my job if I would need to deal with stuff like that.<\/p>\n<p>In other news Microsoft released <a href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/community\/snarf\/\"> SNARF<\/a> today.<br \/>\nBill should hire <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewordcompany.de\/\"> The Word Company<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I know they call it Vista now. It&#8217;s just fun to mess with branding campaigns by ignoring them. No more reboots sounds like a great concept. No, I mean that. Especially if it comes from a company that used to require a reboot for a change of the IP address. 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