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Windows Live

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 1:04 am
by f00dl3
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5926237.html

Any idea if this is another name change to Pallidium... err Longhorn... err Vista?

Kind of unexpected that they are wanting to charge annual subscription fees to use Windows... :shrug:

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 2:44 am
by +JuggerNaut+
live.com is basically a rebadged start.com. for a start page, it's pretty slick.

i'm thinking since google/sun microsystems have been flirting about online apps that of course microsoft would have to jump in with their .02

Here are some more live ideas from MS

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 3:51 am
by seremtan
sounds like a wankier way of doing things we can already do

"a sidebar to open RSS feeds"

fucking wow :dork:

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 4:56 am
by +JuggerNaut+
seremtan wrote:sounds like a wankier way of doing things we can already do

"a sidebar to open RSS feeds"

fucking wow :dork:
some people don't care to have an aggregator installed.

these ideas are actually very good if you have to use public pc's.

Re: Windows Live

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 5:06 am
by Tormentius
f00dl3 wrote:http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5926237.html

Any idea if this is another name change to Pallidium... err Longhorn... err Vista?

Kind of unexpected that they are wanting to charge annual subscription fees to use Windows... :shrug:
No it isn't a name change since Palladium is a hardware chip being worked on by many companies, Longhorn is the next MS server product (after 2003 R2), and Vista is the next MS client product after XP. :icon27:

This is an entirely different product that would be priced differently and ad-supported.

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 5:07 am
by +JuggerNaut+
riddla wrote:lol, that live.com looks alot like http://www.google.com/ig
which looks like start.com