CD/R scratched and defective...can get data??

"philo" wrote in message
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The one good thing about Win8 is that it should be upgradeable to Win10...
which looks like an improvement to me.

Someone today told me that MS was going to skip 9 and go right to
"Windows 10". Aren't they using code words anymore like "Longhorn" or
"Chicago"? Upgrade disks are more affordable. I still wouldn't give more
than twenty for a full win 10. Myself.

Bill

On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 15:11:14 -0500, "Bill Cunningham"
wrote:

Someone today told me that MS was going to skip 9 and go right to
"Windows 10".



Correct. There will be no Windows 9. The next version, which they have
announced will be called Windows 10, has previews out now, and will
probably be released this fall.


Aren't they using code words anymore like "Longhorn" or
"Chicago"?


Those names were only used internally, before the actual sales names
were decided on. Most of us knew those names, because Microsoft didn't
work hard to keep them a secret, but as far as I know, customers
weren't really supposed to know them,



Upgrade disks are more affordable. I still wouldn't give more
than twenty for a full win 10. Myself.


You're posting in the Windows XP newsgroup. You won't be able to
upgrade from XP to 10, so it would be useless even if you could get it
for free.

Bill Cunningham wrote:

Aren't they using code words anymore like "Longhorn" or "Chicago"?

I don't recall that Microsoft ever released a Windows product with a
title that mentioned the code name for the project. The code name was
internal for tracking their project within [sub]groups in their
organization.

For a list of code names used for various Windows version, see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...soft_codenames

For example, the [project] code name is Threshold that will become
Windows 10.

VanguardLH wrote:
Bill Cunningham wrote:

Aren't they using code words anymore like "Longhorn" or "Chicago"?

I don't recall that Microsoft ever released a Windows product with a
title that mentioned the code name for the project. The code name was
internal for tracking their project within [sub]groups in their
organization.

For a list of code names used for various Windows version, see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...soft_codenames

For example, the [project] code name is Threshold that will become
Windows 10.

But why do we (as the customers, and not Microsoft), really "need" yet
another version of windows? (one asks, somewhat rhetorically). They've
already patched 8.0 with 8.1, to correct the deficiencies that were
"overlooked" in 8.0 for the "benefit" of using tiles (like the Start Menu
stuff, etc, etc).

Bill in Co wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:
Bill Cunningham wrote:

Aren't they using code words anymore like "Longhorn" or "Chicago"?

I don't recall that Microsoft ever released a Windows product with a
title that mentioned the code name for the project. The code name was
internal for tracking their project within [sub]groups in their
organization.

For a list of code names used for various Windows version, see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...soft_codenames

For example, the [project] code name is Threshold that will become
Windows 10.

But why do we (as the customers, and not Microsoft), really "need" yet
another version of windows? (one asks, somewhat rhetorically). They've
already patched 8.0 with 8.1, to correct the deficiencies that were
"overlooked" in 8.0 for the "benefit" of using tiles (like the Start Menu
stuff, etc, etc).

With Microsoft fixing the Start menu they screwed up in Win8 and giving
back some of the GUI that was lost, they really should've called Win10
as Win7 Service Pack 2. Changing the GUI is not sufficient cause to
give a major version number to a product, unless you're Microsoft and
you have lots of ignorant customers well trained in the "newer is
better" mantra.

Seems Microsoft is keeping to their schedule of every other version
being not just lousy but unwanted or shunned. Vista: bad. 7: good. 8:
bad. 10: ?. I'll be hanging on to Win7 until its extended support
expires in 2022 or if Win 10+2 (since they may not call it 12) is good.

"VanguardLH" wrote in message
...
Bill in Co wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:
Bill Cunningham wrote:

Aren't they using code words anymore like "Longhorn" or "Chicago"?

I don't recall that Microsoft ever released a Windows product with a
title that mentioned the code name for the project. The code name was
internal for tracking their project within [sub]groups in their
organization.

For a list of code names used for various Windows version, see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...soft_codenames

For example, the [project] code name is Threshold that will become
Windows 10.

But why do we (as the customers, and not Microsoft), really "need" yet
another version of windows? (one asks, somewhat rhetorically). They've
already patched 8.0 with 8.1, to correct the deficiencies that were
"overlooked" in 8.0 for the "benefit" of using tiles (like the Start Menu
stuff, etc, etc).

With Microsoft fixing the Start menu they screwed up in Win8 and giving
back some of the GUI that was lost, they really should've called Win10
as Win7 Service Pack 2. Changing the GUI is not sufficient cause to
give a major version number to a product, unless you're Microsoft and
you have lots of ignorant customers well trained in the "newer is
better" mantra.

Seems Microsoft is keeping to their schedule of every other version
being not just lousy but unwanted or shunned. Vista: bad. 7: good. 8:
bad. 10: ?. I'll be hanging on to Win7 until its extended support
expires in 2022 or if Win 10+2 (since they may not call it 12) is good.

I will wait myself probably until I get a new computer. Because I just
don't know about the compatibilites of software firmware and hardware in
such an upgrade situation. I still would have to say my favorite was win98
or 98se. It was DOS with windows optionally on it. Windows just doesn't run
on DOS anymore. They might even eventually do away with the DOS box
altogether.

Bill