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A new name for Windows?

In unrelated news, we were joking about silly words at dinner. One of our developers said he hated the word "performant" and that Microsoft was the only place where you would hear it (clearly he is mistaken). Of course I said I didn't like "so" and "like", so we decided that Longhorn should be called "So, like, Performant."

("Unrelated to what?" you might be asking yourself. Well, if I told you that it would take all the mystique out of this post, now wouldn't it?)

Published Thursday, February 19, 2004 6:25 AM by ptorr
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# re: A new name for Windows?

Microsoft Sporkā„¢
Thursday, February 19, 2004 12:52 AM by Annita Krapp

# re: A new name for Windows?

So, your main ask is that, like, people learn to talk rather than continue to adulterate the language?
Thursday, February 19, 2004 12:57 AM by Louis Parks

# re: A new name for Windows?

Even if we stop using 'like' and 'so' we will not meet Peter's bar for proper English.
Thursday, February 19, 2004 12:39 PM by jeffdav

# re: A new name for Windows?

classic!
Thursday, February 19, 2004 1:05 PM by Sean Gephardt

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Thursday, February 26, 2004 5:38 AM by Andrew Whitechapel

# re: A new name for Windows?

Quite simply put, it should be called 'winblows'
Friday, May 28, 2004 12:07 PM by life submissiveness
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