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Old October 1st 14, 10:47 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Hi All,

Is M$ skipping Son-of-Frankenstein (Windows 9) and going
directly to Grandson-of-Frankenstein (Windows 10)?


Was this just a typo?
http://www.infoworld.com/article/268...indows-10.html

-T
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Old October 2nd 14, 01:41 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On Wed, 01 Oct 2014 14:47:14 -0700, Todd wrote
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Hi All,

Is M$ skipping Son-of-Frankenstein (Windows 9) and going
directly to Grandson-of-Frankenstein (Windows 10)?

Yes, they are skipping "9", probably because they consider the number
to be unlucky. In actuality what is unlucky is their choice of
leadership. The current dweeb isn't much better than the previous
lunatic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvsboPUjrGc
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Old October 2nd 14, 04:19 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Todd wrote:

Is M$ skipping Son-of-Frankenstein (Windows 9) and going
directly to Grandson-of-Frankenstein (Windows 10)?


Was this just a typo?
http://www.infoworld.com/article/268...ows/microsoft-
windows-165000-first-look-windows-10.html


Nope. Not a typo. Marketing. To sell you another bottle of snake oil
to make up for all those bottles that didn't sell.

The PR hype for 10 reads very much like the Vista release of years ago.
New name to reflect a totally new "from the ground up" OS. Right.
Microsoft has never done anything from the "ground up." It costs too
much. Takes too long. Easier, quicker to cut and paste. Microsoft is
a copycat, not an innovator. (And at worse, thieves.) They see what's
selling, and jump on the band wagon, but are always a couple years late
and a dollar short.

Since 8 was the New Vista, hopefully, 10 will be the new 7, but I doubt
it.


Stef
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Old October 2nd 14, 07:07 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On Wed, 01 Oct 2014 14:47:14 -0700, Todd wrote:

Is M$ skipping Son-of-Frankenstein (Windows 9) and going
directly to Grandson-of-Frankenstein (Windows 10)?


Was this just a typo?
http://www.infoworld.com/article/268...indows-10.html


Have you been reading this newsgroup?

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Old October 2nd 14, 08:12 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On 10/02/2014 11:07 AM, s|b wrote:
On Wed, 01 Oct 2014 14:47:14 -0700, Todd wrote:

Is M$ skipping Son-of-Frankenstein (Windows 9) and going
directly to Grandson-of-Frankenstein (Windows 10)?


Was this just a typo?
http://www.infoworld.com/article/268...indows-10.html


Have you been reading this newsgroup?


Actually, I missed that thread. Felt a little silly
when a post showed up.

I have a bad habit of doing a mass erase before I
do a new post so I can tell who is responding to my
thread. Occasionally, it back fires
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Old October 2nd 14, 10:41 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On Thu, 02 Oct 2014 12:15:57 -0700, Todd wrote:


I would not think M$'s marketing Weasels would
let that one pass. They are well aware of when
Chevrolet made the mistake of marketing their
"Nova" in Mexico, where "Nova" is short for
"No Go". Couldn't sell a single car. Chuckle!



Three points:

1. It's not that "Nova" is short for anything. In Spanish "no va"
means "it doesn't go."

2. The story is not about Mexico in particular. It's about all
Spanish-speaking countries.

3. Although it's a good story, it's false. It's a well-known urban
legend. See http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp

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Old October 3rd 14, 01:58 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Todd wrote:
On 10/02/2014 05:41 AM, CRNG wrote:
On Wed, 01 Oct 2014 14:47:14 -0700, Todd wrote
in


Hi All,

Is M$ skipping Son-of-Frankenstein (Windows 9) and going
directly to Grandson-of-Frankenstein (Windows 10)?

Yes, they are skipping "9", probably because they consider the number
to be unlucky. In actuality what is unlucky is their choice of
leadership. The current dweeb isn't much better than the previous
lunatic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvsboPUjrGc



As others has stated, I think it is because "9"
sounds like the German word for "no". "Windows No"
kind of makes me chuckle.

I would not think M$'s marketing Weasels would
let that one pass. They are well aware of when
Chevrolet made the mistake of marketing their
"Nova" in Mexico, where "Nova" is short for
"No Go". Couldn't sell a single car. Chuckle!

-T


Urban myth...don't believe everything you heard

From NPR
qp
Finally, in our discussion with John Colapinto last week about brand
names, we bought pointed to the Chevy Nova as an example of poor
branding, repeating the alleged problem in Spanish. Nova means no go.
Well, after a flurry of tweets, we check the website snopes.com, and we
apologize to the Chevy Nova, and all its former and current owners. The
story is an urban legend. In Spanish, nova means the same as it does in
English. You need to insert a space to get to no va, and evidently
people didn't. The Nova sold very well in both Mexico and Venezuela
/qp


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Old October 4th 14, 09:25 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On 10/02/2014 02:41 PM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Thu, 02 Oct 2014 12:15:57 -0700, Todd wrote:


I would not think M$'s marketing Weasels would
let that one pass. They are well aware of when
Chevrolet made the mistake of marketing their
"Nova" in Mexico, where "Nova" is short for
"No Go". Couldn't sell a single car. Chuckle!



Three points:

1. It's not that "Nova" is short for anything. In Spanish "no va"
means "it doesn't go."

2. The story is not about Mexico in particular. It's about all
Spanish-speaking countries.

3. Although it's a good story, it's false. It's a well-known urban
legend. See http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp


Fascinating! Thank you.
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Old October 4th 14, 09:51 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On Sat, 04 Oct 2014 13:25:13 -0700, Todd wrote:

On 10/02/2014 02:41 PM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Thu, 02 Oct 2014 12:15:57 -0700, Todd wrote:


I would not think M$'s marketing Weasels would
let that one pass. They are well aware of when
Chevrolet made the mistake of marketing their
"Nova" in Mexico, where "Nova" is short for
"No Go". Couldn't sell a single car. Chuckle!



Three points:

1. It's not that "Nova" is short for anything. In Spanish "no va"
means "it doesn't go."

2. The story is not about Mexico in particular. It's about all
Spanish-speaking countries.

3. Although it's a good story, it's false. It's a well-known urban
legend. See http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp


Fascinating! Thank you.



You're welcome. Glad to help.
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Old October 4th 14, 10:43 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On Sat, 04 Oct 2014 22:18:39 +0100, John wrote:


Remember "Rape Seed" oil? It is now called "Canola
oil". Hmmmmmm. A perception problem?


Not in Real English it isn't.
Here in UKland we still have rape, the plant, rape seed, the seed
thereof and rape seed oil, even in shops.
We also have tons of people using anti-histamines because of that
bloody plant.
Me among them.
And "Canola" is one sub-species, or cultivar, of commercial rape.



See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canola (and note especially the last
sentence), which states

Etymology
The name "canola" was chosen by the board of the Rapeseed Association
of Canada in the 1970s. The "Can" part stands for Canada and "ola"
refers to oil.[5][6] However, a number of sources, including
dictionaries, continue to claim it stands for
"Can(ada)+o(il)+l(ow)+a(cid). These dictionaries include the American
Heritage Dictionary of the English Language and Random House Kernerman
Webster's College Dictionary.[7] The name was coined partially to
avoid the negative connotations of rape.[8]
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Old October 4th 14, 11:47 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On 10/04/2014 02:18 PM, John wrote:
Remember "Rape Seed" oil? It is now called "Canola
oil". Hmmmmmm. A perception problem?

Not in Real English it isn't.
Here in UKland we still have rape, the plant, rape seed, the seed
thereof and rape seed oil, even in shops.
We also have tons of people using anti-histamines because of that
bloody plant.
Me among them.
And "Canola" is one sub-species, or cultivar, of commercial rape.
J.


Hi John,

Rape from turnip, not the crime. My point exactly. It
is a preceptive issue! Around here, no one has ever heard
of rape seed oil.

Can you imagine the look on the marking firms face when the
rape seed growers presented them with the problem? (They
deserve a medal in marketing history!)

I use Turmeric for my allergies (great for the heart too)
and Butterbur

The alfalfa fields around here drive a lot of people
crazy all summer long. The tumbleweed knocks me
sideways.

-T
 




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