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Sometimes I get criticised for writing positively about Microsoft products and being critical of Apple<\/a> – hey, with the MacBook Air, it’s hard not to notice the lack of substance<\/a> – what next? an invisible Apple notebook<\/a>? (thanks to Alex<\/a> for sending me that – and he used to evangelise almost everything that Cupertino produced before Apple products started to get popular and they began putting shareholders ahead of customers). I like to think that I’m pretty objective but then again my day job does involve consulting on Microsoft technologies so just in case there is any bias around here I thought I’d redress the balance with a little spoof about some Windows Vista SP1 source code that seems to have escaped into the public domain:<\/p>\n

\/*
\n  TOP SECRET Microsoft(c) Project:Longhorn(TM) SP1
\n  Estimated release date: 2008
\n*\/
\n
\n#include \"win95.h\"
\n#include \"win98.h\"
\n#include \"leopard.h\"
\n
\nchar chew_up_some_ram[10000000];
\n
\nvoid main() {
\n  while(!CRASHED) {
\n    if(first_time_install) {
\n      make_10_gigabyte_swapfile();
\n      do_nothing_loop();
\n      search_and_destroy(FIREFOX|OPENOFFICEORG|ANYTHING_GOOGLE);
\n      hang_system();
\n    }
\n    if(still_not_crashed) {
\n      basically_run_windows_xp();
\n      do_nothing_loop();
\n    }
\n  }
\n
\n  if(!DX10GPU()) {
\n    set_graphics(aero, very_slow);
\n    set_mouse(reaction, sometimes);
\n  }
\n
\n  \/\/printf(\"Welcome to Windows 2000\");
\n  \/\/printf(\"Welcome to Windows XP\");
\n  printf(\"Welcome to Windows Vista\");
\n
\n  while(something) {
\n    sleep(10);
\n    get_user_input();
\n    sleep(10);
\n    act_on_user_input();
\n    sleep(10);
\n    flicker_led_promisingly(hard_disk);
\n  }
\n
\n  create_general_protection_fault();
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(I got this from multiple sources but they all seem to lead back to a Linux Format<\/a> advert for TechRadar<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Now, the reason I’m posting this is that most Microsofties can appreciate the geek humour and have a chuckle. Sadly the Linux guys at FedoraForum chose to demonstrate their geekdom by descending into discussions of “the M$ tax”<\/a> and other such ramblings in the vein of “my operating system is better than your operating system”<\/a>. Yawn! One even commented that slow Vista sales were good for Linux (hmm… how’s that then? There may be a Mac revival going on in the consumer marketplace but I haven’t heard about a massive defection of dissatisfied Windows Vista users moving to Linux – quite the opposite in fact with many people simply reverting to using a familiar Windows XP installation).<\/p>\n

I wrote over a year back how, rightly or wrongly, Windows XP would be around for a while yet<\/a> and with Vista SP1 just around the corner<\/a> it really does feel as though corporate customers are starting to get ready for Vista now. Personally, I’m looking forward to getting my grubby paws on a beta of Windows 7<\/a> (hopefully later this year).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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