It is the only version of Windows that omits the hallmark of Windows since 3.0: the blue screen appearing every 5 minutes, better known as Microsoft 5-minute BlueScreen Technology. Although Microsoft states that this is the "WSFU" feature, further investigation shows that that feature is actually called "Windows Shut the F*** Up" and serves to decrease the stability of messaging programs, including Windows Messenger. Windows XP also contains a partial implementation of the UNIX OS, making it more stable and easier to handle for the average home user. Users who were critical at first have become used to being less well-off financially. Mindful of spending the rest of their careers in Anti-Trust Court, Microsoft executives also abandoned their demand that every Windows user also use Internet Explorer, instead shipping a combination of Opera and the less-than-cost-effective Mozilla Firefox. This radical change in software design came about when Microsoft made a change of leadership, firing Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates in favor of Hull University's Phil Costin as chairman and Jonty the Microsoft call-center janitor as CEO. However, Microsoft realized it did not crash enough, so they worked on making it vulnerable, bug-filled, and overall, an unmitigated pile of blue (or green) screens of death. Production of XP began in 1998 and was completed in 2000. (In Britain, a pound coin will work, if you push hard.) If you caught a BSOD, you need to insert a quarter to continue.
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