MS To Slip IE8 Into Vista and XP Through OEMs 289
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from the for-our-own-good dept.
crazyeyes writes "Microsoft says it's 'optional,' but they are already planning to slip Internet Explorer 8 into all Windows Vista/XP PCs by March. MS claims that IE8 will offer better performance and security. But what about unwanted stuff like 'Monetization opportunities (for OEMs)' and 'These services will be used (by OEMs) to deliver brand exposure... to the users'?"
standards (Score:5, Funny)
Re:IE has had these for ages (Score:3, Funny)
Hmmm... No, mine says: 'Slashdot | MS To Slip IE8 Into Vista and XP Trough OEMs - Mozilla Firefox'.
Oh... Wait...
Re:Rule of thumb. (Score:5, Funny)
Profit isn't evil; but when people start spouting grotesque pseudowords referring to it, I get nervous. "Incentivize" is another troublesome one.
Tell me about it. This guy on the street offered to galvanize me for free. I thought, hey, that sounds cool. The next thing I know I've got a face full of hot zinc and I'm getting tazered.
Re:Oddly enough (Score:5, Funny)
At my place of employment, we're still using un-networked Apple II computers so we can utilize a rocket thrust calculator written in BASIC by our founder. He's been promising us 64K Macs for the past 20 years but I'm not holding my breath.
Re:Rule of thumb. (Score:5, Funny)
They're just verbing their nouns, thereby incentivizing efficiency.
Re:IE has had these for ages (Score:5, Funny)
Fap fap fap
Re:IE has had these for ages (Score:5, Funny)
We could just start naming the articles "Microsoft still exists" and the content could be "Microsoft is still out there doing something and it's that time of day to bash them for it".
I'm quite happy with this idea, myself, for I find bashing Microsoft regularly to be a healthy practice. Everyone should do it and most people probably do in their own privacy.
I understand some people may need some 'stimulation support' with unclothed Firefox logos and centerfolds of penguins and free software ganging up mercilessly on bound bits of Windows and Photoshop. I, personally, have no need of these devices and will happily sneak a Microsoft bash in when no one's looking. Sometimes I do it out in the open, but only in places I'm sure nobody knows me.
Re:New computers need *SOME* sort of browser (Score:3, Funny)
Yes, because command-line ftp is feasible for the general populace.
Re:IE has had these for ages (Score:5, Funny)
Exactly. On the very rare occasions I need to use IE, it amuses me to see "Internet Explorer provider by Robot Aliens".
Re:Oddly enough (Score:5, Funny)
Luxury.
At my place of employment, we have to use an abacus with razor-sharp beads, and when we get done, we have to verify our numbers by writing longhand division with the lump of coal we all share.
Re:IE has had these for ages (Score:5, Funny)
We could just start naming the articles "Microsoft still exists" and the content could be "Microsoft is still out there doing something and it's that time of day to bash them for it".
I'm quite happy with this idea, myself, for I find bashing Microsoft regularly to be a healthy practice. Everyone should do it and most people probably do in their own privacy.
I understand some people may need some 'stimulation support' with unclothed Firefox logos and centerfolds of penguins and free software ganging up mercilessly on bound bits of Windows and Photoshop. I, personally, have no need of these devices and will happily sneak a Microsoft bash in when no one's looking. Sometimes I do it out in the open, but only in places I'm sure nobody knows me.
Sweet Merciful Crap, did you just invoke Rule 34 on Microsoft bashing? I just got an image in my head of what that would look like. The horror... the horror.
Re:Rule of thumb. (Score:4, Funny)
I am Iron Man.
Re:IE has had these for ages (Score:4, Funny)
There is no exaggeration to Rule #34.
Re:And Microsoft deserves it. (Score:3, Funny)
"They invade our space, and we fall back. They assimilate entire worlds, and we fall back. Not again. The line must be drawn here! This far and no further! And I will make them pay for what they've done!" - Jean Luc Picard, Star Trek: First Contact
If there's ever been a quote that represents people who disagree with Microsoft, this is it.
Take from it what you will: either that Microsoft bashers primarily want revenge, or that Microsoft represents an overwhelming force that stands on the principle of Embrace and Destroy.
Re:IE has had these for ages (Score:3, Funny)
Ever notice the "Internet Explorer provided by Dell" title bar?
Hey mine says "Internet Explorer provided by l33tHax0r69". Does that mean I have an older version or something?
Re:F*ck Microsoft (Score:2, Funny)
I still have the same Windows XP I did when I met my girlfriend almost six years ago. Yes, I had lots of sex since then. I also partied a lot. I have intimate knowledge of Windows (and my girlfriend, but let's leave that)
chill out dude, this is slashdot, we know!