Star Microsoft Reiterates Its Commitment to the Desktop
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 11th Jul 2007 22:45 UTC
Microsoft Microsoft has reiterated its commitment to the desktop. Building on its co-founder Bill Gates' vision of a PC on every desk in every home, Microsoft will continue to focus on delivering desktop products. And in this context, nothing will change when it comes down to the development of the company's main cash cows. Windows Vista and the 2007 Office System will be followed by Windows Seven and Office 14. Kevin Turner, Chief Operating Officer, present at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2007 in Denver on July 10 emphasized the fact that Windows Vista will neither be the last of its kind, nor the last big operating system release from the Redmond company. The same strategy is valid for the Office 2007 System.
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by Almafeta on Wed 11th Jul 2007 22:56 UTC
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2007-02-22

This is only tangentially related to the article in question, but it appears there...

I find the Office/Windows 'yin/yang' symbol they're using in that article to be tasteless.

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RE: Tangent
by Jon Dough on Wed 11th Jul 2007 23:18 in reply to "Tangent"
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2005-11-30

I find the Office/Windows 'yin/yang' symbol they're using in that article to be tasteless.

What about it do you find tasteless?

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RE[2]: Tangent
by Almafeta on Wed 11th Jul 2007 23:27 in reply to "RE: Tangent"
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2007-02-22

Well, adapting religious symbols for commercial use, generally.

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RE[2]: Tangent
by brostenen on Thu 12th Jul 2007 18:38 in reply to "RE: Tangent"
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2007-01-16

Well....
Adolf Hitler ripped off an old wiking symbol.
He flipped it round, and came up with a simillar one as we see with this yin/yang symbol as MS is ripping off.

Soo...
It's nothing new, in the perspective of history...

Edit:
Sorry, it seems (after googling around), that it's not only wikings that used it..
It's an old universal symbol, asian and other parts of the world.
In europe it was used as early as the bronze age, and even earlier... Sooo... Well.
Seems that MS is doing nothing new here, taken the historical perspective in hand.

Edited 2007-07-12 18:45

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RE: yin-yang
by scott.tiger on Wed 11th Jul 2007 23:35 in reply to "Tangent"
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2007-04-08

I find the Office/Windows 'yin/yang' symbol they're using in that article to be tasteless.

The yin-yang symbol should represent the good and the evil.
I'm wondering, on the twos, which is the good half. ;)

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RE[2]: yin-yang
by Coxy on Wed 11th Jul 2007 23:49 in reply to "RE: yin-yang"
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2006-07-01

The dichotomy of good and evil is a western one, you could just as well ask yourself which half is the light? The Bright? The Dark? The Masculine? The Strong? The Feminine?

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RE: Tangent
by Redeeman on Wed 11th Jul 2007 23:35 in reply to "Tangent"
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2006-03-23

yeah well, we all have different threshold, i find the fact that they continually poison the world with their crap to be more offending.

yes, mod me down, but its the truth.

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RE[2]: Tangent
by ronaldst on Wed 11th Jul 2007 23:47 in reply to "RE: Tangent"
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2005-06-29

Microsoft built this industry into what it is today. Remember that.

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RE: Tangent
by archiesteel on Thu 12th Jul 2007 02:21 in reply to "Tangent"
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2005-07-02

It's not that bad. First, the Taijitu (Yin/Yang symbol) is not strictly a religious symbol. It is more of a philosophical diagram, supposed to represent the basic equilibrium at play in all phenomena. The two principles, Yin and Yang, are complementary and interdependent. Though they are separate, each contains the seed of the other, and they cannot exist without another...I find that the analogy to Microsoft's two-pronged approach to Desktop monopoly is actually quite fitting.

The Taijitu *is* often used as a symbol for Taoism, however I'm pretty sure true Taoists would find the idea of being outraged at the misuse of a symbol quite amusing...

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