The Press Releases of the Damned 176
Harry writes "Once upon a time, Microsoft said that Windows Vista would transform life as we knew it. Palm said its Foleo was a breakthrough. Circuit City said firing its most experienced salespeople would save the company. And Apple said that Web apps were all that iPhone owners needed. I've collected the original press releases for these and other ill-fated tech announcements, and annotated them with the facts as they played out in the real world."
Obligitory (Score:2, Funny)
They were right.... (Score:5, Funny)
Microsoft said that Windows Vista would transform life as we knew it.
to a living hell!
I wonder. (Score:3, Funny)
Generated with Print Screen for your pleasure! (Score:5, Funny)
You'd think when people used screenshots of something they threw together in a word processor they'd at least turn off auto-spell check underlining so it doesn't stick out like a sore thumb.
Damn!! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:They were right.... (Score:3, Funny)
That's because you don't have enough ram ... what Bill Gates REALLY said was "640 gigabytes should be enough for anyone!"
Remember Weird Al's song about Windows 95 - "
Life imitates art. Microsoft is taking its' HID cues from Weird Al (which explains a lot :-)
Re:Where are the slashdot articles? (Score:5, Funny)
Who could forget Cmdr Taco's little gem [slashdot.org]?
Re:Not worth reading (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Where are the slashdot articles? (Score:4, Funny)
....or have slashdot never been wrong?
We have never been wrong. It's just that some of our post refer to conditions in alternate universes. It's a geek thing.
Re:It goes without saying... (Score:5, Funny)
Cocaine is not a cleaning product...
Sure it is... it works great at getting that pesky cartilage stuff out of your nose.
Re:Not worth reading (Score:1, Funny)
Don't you mean infernal?
Re:Not worth reading (Score:3, Funny)
That's AOL keyword: slashdot to you.
Press Releases of The Damned (Score:3, Funny)