on 1/5/06 1:58 AM, Andrew Fildes at afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Calling it 'X' makes it go faster of course. Renaming is the cheapest
> bit of re-engineering that you can do and one of the most effective.
> You'll note the same effect with cars (i.e. WRX = World Rally what?).
> If they put stripes on the box as well and use metallic inks, it'll
> go even faster. Didn't Canon put out a Rebel X in the states? - I'll
> bet that was a real screamer.
> The X factor is a mysterious thing - Apple was really relieved when
> they could move to OSX and just pretend that it means ten. They knew
> that it would really chew electrons, just because of the name. You
> aren't expecting XI to show up any time soon now are you? If they
> have to, it'll be slow and full of bugs.
> Why is X so xciting? Why is red dangerous or blue cool? Who knows -
> it just works OK?!
> Bog standard and cheap - no thanks, I'll take the pricey, sexy go-
> faster Pro-X version please.
> AndrewF
So what happened with Windoze XP...?
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-'s of all sorts, and no OM-oney...
I notice where Windoze 'Vista' will have nice 'transparency effects' kind of
like Mac OS-X had a few iterations ago...
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