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911 days ago
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1104 days ago
20th of November, 2006 marks the 21st birthday of Windows. Windows 1.0 was released on 20th November, 1985. I found 21 interesting facts about Windows here and i reproduce them as follows: 1. Windows 1.0 was released on 20th Nov 1985 and the hardware requirements were 256KB of RAM, DOS 2.0 and two floppy drive. 2. The retail price was $100, which is worth about $177 in today’s money - pretty much the same as Windows XP Home. 3. Microsoft sent out a press kit featuring a squeegee and a washcloth to announce the launch of Windows 1.0, a full two years before the product was launched. 4. If Bill Gates had got his way, he would have called it “Interface Manager”. 21 years later, I don’t think Interface Manager Vista, or Vista Interface Manager would have had the same ring to it…. 5. When Vista was launched Microsoft were David fighting Goliath, and had to fight many court battles: “We weren’t kidding that we bet the ...
1110 days ago
Tonight in the popular TV show, Heroes, one of the character remarks "What is the name of Gandhi's burial grounds ?" while solving a crossword puzzle. Another character quips back "Kanyakumari !" and the puzzle was solved correctly ! Come on guys !! Are you out of your minds ? How can someone get such a huge fact wrong ? The strongest leader the world ever had, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was cremated and the place is referred to as Rajghat, which is in the capital city of New Delhi, in India. Kanyakumari is the southern most coastal city of India where one can see three water bodies at the same time; Indian ocean, Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. These two places are thousands of kilometers apart and have nothing in common !
1124 days ago
Having been involved with the Windows Vista Beta since the very beginning, I am very excited that Vista is about to RTM. Some RTM related news. Check out the new Windows Vista and Office 2007 packaging here Check out the new Windows Vista system sounds by Robert Fripp here Windows Vista can go RTM any moment now !
1130 days ago
GTEC is a conference targetted mainly towards the public sector. Big IT players show off their products to the government agencies and demonstrate how their product can help towards a better governance. This year GTEC was from 23th-25 October at the Ottawa Congres Centre. I was part of Microsoft Canada's crew and demonstrated Windows Vista and Office 2007 to the attendees there. It was a lot of fun and I was surprised at the number of people who had tried out the BETA versions of Windows Vista; everyone seemed to be so excited about the product ! Some of the pictures from yesterday follow. At work... ...At play
