i.justrealized

And so… Windows 7 is the name for the new version of Windows, the successor of Windows Vista. The thing is… It actually is Windows 6.1 if you check system properties and this has been confirmed by the Windows Team Blog. I don’t think it’s that great an idea honestly. I prefer the marketing version number to coincide with the development version number.

we decided to ship the Windows 7 code as Windows 6.1

Windows 2000 code was 5.0 and then we shipped Windows XP as 5.1, even though it was a major release we didn’t’ want to change code version numbers to maximize application compatibility.

That brings us to Windows Vista, which is 6.0. So we see Windows 7 as our next logical significant release and 7th in the family of Windows releases.

We learned a lot about using 5.1 for XP and how that helped developers with version checking for API compatibility. We also had the lesson reinforced when we applied the version number in the Windows Vista code as Windows 6.0– that changing basic version numbers can cause application compatibility issues.

So we decided to ship the Windows 7 code as Windows 6.1 - which is what you will see in the actual version of the product in cmd.exe or computer properties.

There’s been some fodder about whether using 6.1 in the code is an indicator of the relevance of Windows 7. It is not. (Source: Windows Team Blog)

In the case, I think it would be better to just call Windows 6.1 Windows 7. I think it’s clearer for developers who are going to start using the Windows platform.

This is kinda sad:

(Free downgrade to Windows XP Professional Singapore.)

Honestly, I prefer Vista but many people are apparently thinking otherwise. Where’s Mojave Experiment? One, two, three, everyone pronounce - “Mo-har-vay”. Oh, so it’s not “mojo”.

Mojo Jojo.

There was this guy who was skeptical that Windows Mojave is Windows Vista. When told, he calmly (and skeptically) remarked, “then why is it faster?” Windows Vista is not slower, but it is not faster either. It feels faster as much of research on perception is apparently being applied into Vista. Plus, it’s a fast HP computer anyway.

I like the Mojave Experiment, it proves how quickly people accept things without trying first. Mojave is a good marketing move. The rest of Vista marketing is largely a failure.

Microsoft fails to identify the need for people to switch over.

Korean retailer, GODpeople Mall, introduces the Microsoft Church Package. Pastors and reverends can now get excited for a lower fee:

Microsoft is probably not involved in this. The Microsoft Church Package consists of the Microsoft Office Standard, Office OneNote, Office Visio, Office Publisher and Expression Web for 199,000 won, which is roughly USD$190. The Microsoft Office Standard retails at 99,000 won (around USD$95).

(via Long Zheng)

Okay okay, so I downloaded a copy too. Actually I cheated you know. I downloaded 5 copies. Each for one of my computers and virtual machines (I have 2). Some showing off:

The download day is a success in my opinion. It’s messy and everyone’s rushing to download, the servers couldn’t keep up but it created the awareness for Firefox 3. Ultimately that’s the point of download day and this is a case where there’s no such thing as bad publicity. Half the population of Planet Geekdom probably can’t get their Firefoxes and ranted all over. This is an indirect announcement that Firefox 3 is here.

Download Firefox 3.

On related news, Firefox 3 reaches six percent market share.

Subway prides themselves with selling meals with 6 grams of fat or less. They put them everywhere, on their pamphlets, even on their cups.

But did you know that the 6 grams of fat or less thing assumes the following:

• No cheese
• No cookies
• No funny sauces, use pepper instead
• No fanciful bread, meaning the wheat bread I think

Well… By having those extras, it’s 6 grams no more. Thanks Doctor’s Associates. And yup, I had Subway for lunch.

Just saw this at WordPress hosting page. I supposed they sort of recommend these hosts and Media Temple is the second on the list.

MediaTemple

“Hosting that’s ready for traffic spikes. Start your new blog on a clustered hosting platform that’s ready for you to hit the big time. Whether you reach the front page of Digg or get an unexpected shout-out on Oprah, your blog will always be available. Get started right-away with our WordPress 2.5 one-click installer and enough high-speed storage and bandwidth to run a blogging empire.”

If you have to reading my blog, you probably know that I am not too happy with Media Temple these days.

I lost a lot of faith in them when they have storage issues. Sometimes I can’t reach my own blog. But I got really mad when they claimed that my databases are overloaded or something. (more…)

i.justrealized.com now has a Technorati page. I’m trying to get i.justrealized.com to be popular without using my other blog to pull visitors.

I think this would be a good chance to learn about internet marketing and search engine optimization. Today this blog has 4 unique visitors. Hopefully it would grow soon. I’ll blog about the results of the progress of this blog. I distance myself from making use of my other blogs or my friends’ blogs. I wanted this to be an experiment. It will show interesting results.

And so far, this is my first step - get my blog on Technorati.

Spastic face above.