Comments on: The Ten Worst Microsoft Product Names of All Time http://technologizer.com/2009/04/01/the-ten-worst-microsoft-product-names-of-all-time/ Reviews, News, and Opinion About Personal Technology by Harry McCracken & Friends Sat, 03 Mar 2012 01:49:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Kris http://technologizer.com/2009/04/01/the-ten-worst-microsoft-product-names-of-all-time/comment-page-2/#comment-70926 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:24:30 +0000 http://technologizer.com/?p=10098#comment-70926 Microsoft Works

]]> By: Ron http://technologizer.com/2009/04/01/the-ten-worst-microsoft-product-names-of-all-time/comment-page-2/#comment-36935 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:44:31 +0000 http://technologizer.com/?p=10098#comment-36935 Pre-Windows, MS-Dos 6 was the best OS I ever messed with. When Windows 2.0 finally entered, had it installed for about 4 hours, and got rid of it. Next best bet was 3.1 for Workgroups, pretty good!! NT4 was good also, but with alot of competition from IBM’s OS/2. Though I heard nothing but complaints about Windows 95 and 98, I liked ‘em… even ME (people wouldn’t believe me). The most solid citizen was 2000. . BOB, (what the heck was that) then I jumped to XP Pro… then jumped right over Vista (what a complete waste) to now Windows 7. So, that’s my history (big deal, right). I think they need to watch, very closely, LINUX (which I’m sure they are).

]]> By: Games for Windows Gets On Demand Downloads, But Why? | Technologizer http://technologizer.com/2009/04/01/the-ten-worst-microsoft-product-names-of-all-time/comment-page-2/#comment-31008 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:29:34 +0000 http://technologizer.com/?p=10098#comment-31008 [...] people from thinking of Windows Live, which is something entirely different. Chalk it up to bad naming habits, [...]

]]> By: P Smith http://technologizer.com/2009/04/01/the-ten-worst-microsoft-product-names-of-all-time/comment-page-2/#comment-22706 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:34:07 +0000 http://technologizer.com/?p=10098#comment-22706 Windows CE + Windows ME + Windows NT = Windows CEMENT

I think that pretty much sums them up: mixed up, hardened and set in their concrete ways. And just like poorly laid concrete, Microshaft (or at least, Windoze) needs to be broken up.

]]> By: Michael http://technologizer.com/2009/04/01/the-ten-worst-microsoft-product-names-of-all-time/comment-page-2/#comment-13362 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:37:53 +0000 http://technologizer.com/?p=10098#comment-13362 Windows 7 comes from the build number of the Windows NT family.
Windows NT 3.x = Windows NT 3.x
Windows NT 4 = Windows NT 4
Windows 2000 = Windows NT 5
Windows XP = Windows NT 5.1
Windows Server 2003 = Windows NT 5.2
Windows Vista = Windows NT 6
Windows Server 2008 = Windows NT 6
Windows 7 = Windows NT 7

So, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 are all considered minor updates from each other, but Vista & 7 are major upgrades? Silly, I know, but that is where it comes from.

]]> By: Microsoft’s Search Engine Way Behind Google? Must be the Name! | Technologizer http://technologizer.com/2009/04/01/the-ten-worst-microsoft-product-names-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-13304 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:42:06 +0000 http://technologizer.com/?p=10098#comment-13304 [...] has a long history of changing the names of underperforming products (and sometimes of products that are doing just fine). I can’t remember an instance of the change being a clear improvement, and changing the [...]

]]> By: Microsoft Laptop Hunters | Armanen Online http://technologizer.com/2009/04/01/the-ten-worst-microsoft-product-names-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-13200 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:20:31 +0000 http://technologizer.com/?p=10098#comment-13200 [...] making sure quickly reject Mac and name drop a couple bigger PC manufacturers. You would think by this time, Microsoft would have fired the second graders running their ad department (or, at the least, those [...]

]]> By: jollins http://technologizer.com/2009/04/01/the-ten-worst-microsoft-product-names-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-12542 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:34:34 +0000 http://technologizer.com/?p=10098#comment-12542 I agree with Simon. Windows 7 qualifies for this list too if Word 6 was placed on it for version number manipulation. Windows 7 sounds like a nice, clean name, but its a stretch to call it the 7th version of Windows.

How is it the 7th version? Does it go Windows version 1-2-3-95-2000-Vista-7? Obviously a few products get skipped regardless of how you count it.

]]> By: Relyt http://technologizer.com/2009/04/01/the-ten-worst-microsoft-product-names-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-12541 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:12:12 +0000 http://technologizer.com/?p=10098#comment-12541 How about the “Taskbar Notification Area” AKA the System Tray. Even Microsoft calls it the system tray, so why it it’s official name the taskbar notification area?

]]> By: ediedi http://technologizer.com/2009/04/01/the-ten-worst-microsoft-product-names-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-12538 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:51:43 +0000 http://technologizer.com/?p=10098#comment-12538 ha! chkdsk brings back memories…
more on-topic: ‘System restore’, the first thing to turn off after installing windows, when in fact it was a ‘System backup’, restore being only the eventual reverse process.

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