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[Mr. Analog]

MS already has a J# though! They can just use that!

No, they have the .NET Framework, which J# syntax can be compiled into running under.

I think you're thinking of Visual J++ haha

[Tom]

MS already has a J# though! They can just use that!

No, they have the .NET Framework, which J# syntax can be compiled into running under.

I think you're thinking of Visual J++ haha

Nope. I was speaking of language only. I know J# is compiled to the CLR. I said they can tweak the java to compile under J#!!!! Cause Microsoft.

[Lazybones]

Had heard they where doping all numbers and where going to refer to it as just Windows.

I then suspected it would switch to a subscription model with perpetual upgrade.

[Tom]

Yeah, I was sorta thinking the same thing. But they may have gotten some pretty significant lash-back.

But more frequent updates with lower cost would interest me greatly. Not going to spend >$150 on a windows update. Heck, I don't want to spend >$50.... But if it was <= $50, I'd probably do it much more often than my current /never/.

[Mr. Analog]

I doubt they'd go with subscription only, at first it seems like a good idea, keep people on the treadmill forever, but then the reality sinks in when you consider a good chunk of their user base refuses to let go of things like Windows XP making it financially risky for them to innovate a new OS.

That said Adobe has gone in that direction with their flagship product (with muted success.)

[Thorin]

Why are they skipping Windows 9 as a name?

And yes, some people haven't let go of XP yet, possibly because they haven't updated their hardware in eight years <nonchalantly whistles and looks away>

[Mr. Analog]

Marketing (aka heavy drinking)

[Darren Dirt]

Yeah, I was sorta thinking the same thing. But they may have gotten some pretty significant lash-back.

But more frequent updates with lower cost would interest me greatly.

So, wait, you actually like how often Firefox pumps out a new version upgrade that requires a restart? I'm getting kinda sick of it (I basically never read the one-time page that summarizes why it's better this time; seems 2-3 times per month a new update)

[Tom]

Yeah, I was sorta thinking the same thing. But they may have gotten some pretty significant lash-back.

But more frequent updates with lower cost would interest me greatly.

So, wait, you actually like how often Firefox pumps out a new version upgrade that requires a restart? I'm getting kinda sick of it (I basically never read the one-time page that summarizes why it's better this time; seems 2-3 times per month a new update)

I said more often, not every week.

[Darren Dirt]

Why are they skipping Windows 9 as a name?

Because it would be "WINDOWS NEIN" in certain countries, and customers subliminally saying no to you when you even mention your product name when trying to sell it to them = bad business model.

[Mr. Analog]

In Japan the word for the number 9 sounds kind of like... suffering so... hmm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_superstitions#Numbers

[Tom]

In german it also sounds like the word for no.

[Thorin]

No, in that language it would be Windows Neun (pronounced roughly "Noin").

I actually do want to know the real reason they're skipping a version number...  I hope it's not because of some stupid superstition.

[Mr. Analog]

Iiiiiiiit's Marketing

Windows 7 aka Windows 6.1

Your puny Logic has no place in Marketing

[Darren Dirt]

In german it also sounds like the word for no. (NEIN)

That's what my joke was referring to -- I even spelled it out (literally!)