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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Chebwa/95.jpg]]>Oct 1st 2008 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/
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Not really.]]>Oct 1st 2008 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/
Why do u have a link to "Welcome Center" on your desktop?]]>Oct 1st 2008 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/Oct 1st 2008 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/
Just because.

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But it's also relatively quick access to a couple of areas I hit up in Windows Vista pretty often. Sure I could right click "My Computer" and then go to properties on the menu and click that, but I can also just click on the welcome center and click "show more" to get to the same area. Little crap like that is all.]]>Oct 1st 2008 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/
Whateve... Jason.]]>Oct 1st 2008 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/Oct 1st 2008 6:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/
i am, in reality, not an ugly mouse]]>Oct 1st 2008 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/
I was also Dan Halen for a little while. I GET AROUND.]]>Oct 1st 2008 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/Oct 2nd 2008 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/]]>Oct 1st 2008 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/Oct 1st 2008 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/
They have the same old buttons that minimize/maximize restore and close, the same START button, the same taskbar, the same My Computer, the same My Documents, the same Internet Explorer (though with a little difference, and Firefox PWNS), the same Run, The same accessories (save for a few), the same way to shutdown, the same background and more.

(There's more similarities, but what the hell, I have to do my homework.)]]>Oct 1st 2008 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/
And that's all we need to know... open a window here, close that window there, even minimise all... then open the Start menu if you want to go wild. Oh, how easy life is.]]>Oct 1st 2008 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/Oct 1st 2008 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/
What if the graphics bits responsible for displaying the bitmap crash? Do we fall back to a regular non-cloudy BSOD?]]>Oct 1st 2008 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/






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We got caught with our pants down selling a bloated OS with this nifty new market of small PCs opening up that have no prayer of running it. So we put a small team together to modify Windows XP just enough to make it look different from stock XP, and we'll call it something new (heaven forbid we actually have to code something from scratch or do real work!). Hopefully nobody catches on.

Chairs (err, cheers),

S. Ballmer]]>Oct 1st 2008 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/
we want to embrace software+services by offering our own solutions, as well as a platform for other companies to build their services off of. windows server 2k8 is a very popular enterprise solution and windows cloud will take this quality os and tailor to do service hosting related tasks easily.]]>Oct 1st 2008 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/Oct 1st 2008 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/Oct 1st 2008 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/
Because my work requires me to?

Because Microsoft tied all the hardware and software vendors into it so tightly that it's difficult for them to code on other platforms limiting the amount of applications available? Win32/.NET/Winforms (spawned WINE/Mono)

Microsoft DirectX is not cross platform?

Windows Media Video (WMV) license restricts popular media format to Windows only PCs (legally)?

MP3 Codec is not free, and thus not licensed to OSs other than OSX(?) and Windows?

Up until recently Closed Exchange protocol for Corporate Email solution was really only stable in Outlook (a Windows only product)?

I could probably tie that all up into the idea of mass adoption. If you choose to take on another OS, Microsoft (in their non-open standards... not necessarily open source ways) has ensured through sneaky deals with OEMs and Corporations to make it really difficult/near impossible to do so. It would be kind of like trying to drive on the other side of the road. Yes, you can do it, but everyone else on the road is going to get in the way. So get back in your "lack of choice" lane.]]>Oct 1st 2008 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/Oct 1st 2008 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/Oct 1st 2008 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/Oct 1st 2008 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/

http://zollotech.com/content/new-windows-cloud-os-coming-pdc-says-ballmer
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http://ahassan.wordpress.com]]>Oct 2nd 2008 5:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/Oct 1st 2008 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/
Because sometimes total retards (aka government contractors) create software that only runs on Winblows or requires IE. I XPerienced the joy today trying to fill out some forms on a putrid POS app created by Grumman Corporation at huge expense to taxpayers. The user interface is straight from the 1980s and they even have a 150 page manual and offer training classes for the damned thing. The sad part is Amazon, Dell, Apple, and dozens of other companies run web stores that are far more sophisticated than this sh*t software running under Winblows.]]>Oct 1st 2008 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/Oct 1st 2008 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/Oct 1st 2008 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/]]>Dec 1st 2008 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/
sounds like a lot of hot air

lol]]>Oct 1st 2008 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/and not only understandable for geeks.
and if you can't life without windows software use a windows emulator or a virtual machine

grate solution for people who dislike ms. or windows]]>Oct 1st 2008 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/
So, what are you smoking and where can i get it?]]>Oct 1st 2008 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/there are better ways to stop your OS from crashing... I hope.]]>Oct 1st 2008 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/granted, he probably meant it's never crashed for him, but it still isn't the same as saying it never crashes.]]>Oct 1st 2008 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/
I should trust you why???]]>Oct 1st 2008 11:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/Oct 2nd 2008 2:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/Oct 1st 2008 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/ballmer-says-windows-cloud-os-will-debut-this-month/Oct 1st 2008 5:34PM