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A new name for Windows?

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In unrelated news, we were joking about silly words at dinner. One of our developers said he hated the word "performant" and that Microsoft was the only place where you would hear it (clearly he is mistaken). Of course I said I didn't like "so" and "like", so we decided that Longhorn should be called "So, like, Performant."

("Unrelated to what?" you might be asking yourself. Well, if I told you that it would take all the mystique out of this post, now wouldn't it?)

Comments

  • Anonymous
    February 18, 2004
    Microsoft Spork™
  • Anonymous
    February 18, 2004
    So, your main ask is that, like, people learn to talk rather than continue to adulterate the language?
  • Anonymous
    February 19, 2004
    Even if we stop using 'like' and 'so' we will not meet Peter's bar for proper English.
  • Anonymous
    February 19, 2004
    classic!
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    February 25, 2004
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  • Anonymous
    May 28, 2004
    Quite simply put, it should be called 'winblows'