Windows 7 Released Early In UK 194
CNETNate writes "UK customers have been reporting that they received their copies of Windows 7 in the mail today. Currently the British postal service is threatening industrial action over pay, and planned walkouts may result in Windows 7 not being delivered on its release date. It is understood that Microsoft has agreed to let some retailers send out copies early to avoid disappointment, and to make the UK the first country in the world to have Windows 7 in customers' hands."
Re:Who'd have thought... (Score:2, Funny)
"Free UK delivery"
I'm sure there is a succinct, yet cheesy marketing term for using current events as a selling points.
I think FUK=D would be an appropriate and somehow cheesy term.
Pfff.... (Score:1, Funny)
Slackware is at version 13 which makes it much more advanced than any version 7 could ever be.
Read how Slackware got to version 13 so quickly at this link, a quantum leap occurred in 1999:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slackware [wikipedia.org] [wikipedia.org] ;-)))
P.S. Yes I use slackware...
It has been released in China as well (Score:5, Funny)
It costs just about 3 USD [reuters.com], probably its fair value...
Re:Who'd have thought... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Who'd have thought... (Score:5, Funny)
Well duh. In the same way Windows Genuine Advantage is an advantage.
Re:Who'd have thought... (Score:4, Funny)
And there's coordination with support providers: call centers need to retrain staff and write new support "scripts" for their personnel. And the manufacturers of other software, such as Microsoft Office need time to get the secret internal documentation of available libraries and toolkits so they can weave it into their releases. And third party hardware and software providers need a chance to test and integrate their components with Microsoft's release, or they may repeat what happened with Vista and ignore the release.
Re:Pfff.... (Score:3, Funny)
"You mean..."
"Yes. Ninenty-one thousand, one hundred."
Disclaimer: Yes, the geek in me wanted to say 81.812 as well. Don't feel bad.
*I* Care!! (Score:5, Funny)
They're totally spoiling my launch party! After I spent all day organizing my "Activities" and picking my favorite "Features" to share with everyone! Now they'll all go to someone else's launch party the day before.
The hell with them, I'm installing FreeBSD then.
Re:Already on sale in Israel... (Score:5, Funny)
Well it is the year 5770 in Israel.
And still no flying cars...
Re:Who'd have thought... (Score:3, Funny)
Are you guys SO desperate for ideas for Win 8 that you have to ask random Slashdotters for hints?
More accurate (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Germany too (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The UK isn't a country (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Not about pay (Score:1, Funny)
Yeah whatever go fuck yourself.
Re:Who'd have thought... (Score:2, Funny)
It's been really funny to see the first Windows 7 targeted malware - there are several trojans and even more "scareware" nonsense. The malware writers obviously assume (often correctly) that early adopters of Windows 7 will be the usual knuckle-draggers who persist in using Windows brokenware and the Windoze fanboys who are mostly too stupid to install their own operating systems...
Re:Bugger (Score:3, Funny)
Given that we're talking about the UK getting it early, I don't think "bugger" is the best term to use for a Windows launch... Actually, come to think of it, I take that back.