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    Windows 7 is open source!!!

    Anyone else annoyed with those latest Microsoft commercials that seem to portray Window 7 as open source? They have some user mention their pet peeve and they then say that the fix is in 7 because of them... obviously Microsoft is not saying that Windows is open source, but their "community" involvement assertion kinda rubs me the wrong way...

    http://www.desivideonetwork.com/view...tv-commercial/

    (Not that anyone watches commercials anymore... I usually stop flipping through them for the tech ones though - love those new HTC ones with the Hero.)

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    No, I don't get the feeling that they claim is open source, but man, their ads are annoying.

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      Re: Windows 7 is open source!!!

      Originally posted by Adrian
      No, I don't get the feeling that they claim is open source, but man, their ads are annoying.
      I didn't mean that they claim it is open source, just that they are trying to emote/represent the open source aura...

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        Re: Windows 7 is open source!!!

        I think they merely want to convey the idea that they "listen to their customers"... as always the reality is a strong argument against such rosy pictures...

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          Re: Windows 7 is open source!!!

          my fav was the southpark made commercial with PC,Mac and linux
          Kubuntu 9.10 with KDE 3.5 and love it

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            Re: Windows 7 is open source!!!

            Originally posted by Adrian
            No, I don't get the feeling that they claim is open source, but man, their ads are annoying.

            Agree with the whole statement. And to re-iterate, they are annoying!

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              Re: Windows 7 is open source!!!

              They don't say its open source. They merely point out that user can make feature suggestions. It doesn't say I am a programer and I added this taskbar. I says "I told Microsoft they should add a new taskbar" .
              Specification: 3.06 GHZ Pentium 4, 1 gig ram, 17" monitor, ECS P4M800PRO-M version 2 and 500 gig Hitachi desk star
              Linux Mint 7 Gloria KDE community editon.
              Based on Kubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope.

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