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Global Moderator H/PC Oracle Posts: | 12,408 |
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| . . . even if only in passing:
https://www.theregister.com/AMP/2021/12/15/chen_wince/
The comments are pretty hilarious, though they stray far from our beloved OS.  |
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Administrator H/PC Oracle Posts: | 16,246 |
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| Microsoft has taken an eternity to begin to learn on this. For some reason they could never work out that if you release a product with the year of release in the name, it sounds old, backwards and dated within 12 months. |
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Subscribers H/PC Vanguard Posts: | 3,001 |
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| Remember that old Windows CEMeNT joke... 
I've always thought CE meant Community Edition.  Edited by stingraze 2021-12-17 11:53 AM
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Global Moderator H/PC Oracle Posts: | 12,408 |
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| Someone put together a YouTube video about CEMeNT. I actually downloaded it a long time ago but can't find the download at the moment. Here's the link though:
https://youtu.be/6Yc0z9KSsn4 |
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Subscribers H/PC Vanguard Posts: | 3,001 |
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| yep I saw it yesterday. Made me giggle. 
Especially the
"taught the people to turn the computer off by pressing a button marked start".
I was like come to think of it, that's true.... |
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Global Moderator H/PC Oracle Posts: | 12,408 |
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| The video was really a critique of Vista, but they couldn't resist putting together the letters from the other three systems - something they couldn't do with the versions using numbers (95, 98, 7, 10, etc ).  |
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Subscribers H/PC Vanguard Posts: | 3,001 |
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| Yep.
I remember Vista was hated, but 7 was loved by many.
I wonder how 11 will turn out. Didn't try it out yet. |
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H/PC Philosopher Posts: | 286 |
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| I dug Windows 7, was last MS os i liked. My fav was 98 SE. ;-)
-Walt B |
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Global Moderator H/PC Oracle Posts: | 12,408 |
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| I still have a soft spot for XP, since it syncs well with most CE devices through ActiveSync 3.8, and was loaded with multimedia capability. |
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Global Moderator H/PC Oracle Posts: | 12,408 |
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| I just stumbled on another article talking about the history of Windows CE, and Microsoft's love-hate relationship with its own creation. And a very familiar figure in the Windows CE world was interviewed for the article.
https://tedium.co/2021/02/10/windows-ce-history/amp |
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Administrator H/PC Oracle Posts: | 16,246 |
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| I didn't know that was syndicated. It's based on https://www.hpcfactor.com/news/?iid=833
Sorry for the trauma everyone  |
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Subscribers H/PC Sensei Posts: | 930 |
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| Quote CE Geek - 2021-12-29 8:57 PM
I just stumbled on another article talking about the history of Windows CE, and Microsoft's love-hate relationship with its own creation. And a very familiar figure in the Windows CE world was interviewed for the article.
https://tedium.co/2021/02/10/windows-ce-history/amp
Interesting review... rather chaotic history ... made me Wince. CE was feared as a parasite of sorts?
Pleased to see Chris's comments/insight in the mix!
joval
posted from a J720/Devuan/WPA/ RasPi/Firefox "hybrid." |
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