There was a silver lining in that the backlash from ME being as terrible as it was is what finally convinced them to put the consumer editions on the NT kernel.
I'm not sure that's how that happened. If memory serves, they were already working on xp at the time, but that started to slip the year 2000 deadline. So, in order to keep the OS revenue gravy train rolling, they quickly threw ME together to have something to release in the interim.
Well to carry the analogy forward these days we would be running on Windows 11 and experiencing a reality of constant monitoring and hardcore data mining so YEAH THAT TRACKS.
My wife and I did a flyby visit of the Devil's Tower last year on vacation and it was a foggy night like this with occasional lightning off in the distance. It was pretty surreal seeing a huge disembodied tower floating in the air in front of us as we approached.
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artifex@piefed.zip · 48 pts · 19d
That would explain why everything's getting so janky. Just waiting for the 3-finger salute now.
untorquer@quokk.au · 5 pts · 19d
The tech bros got Ghandied...
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 40 pts · 19d
Not gonna lie, 2026 is feeling more like Vista.
ellieficent@reddthat.com · 13 pts · 19d
Hey now, Vista wasn't 2026 levels of bad.
VinegarChunks@lemmus.org · 14 pts · 19d
More like Windows Me
ZC3rr0r@piefed.ca · 11 pts · 19d
It's funny how even Microsoft themselves seem to forget ME ever existed.
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 19d
I think we'd all like to forget
bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 17d
There was a silver lining in that the backlash from ME being as terrible as it was is what finally convinced them to put the consumer editions on the NT kernel.
ZC3rr0r@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 17d
I'm not sure that's how that happened. If memory serves, they were already working on xp at the time, but that started to slip the year 2000 deadline. So, in order to keep the OS revenue gravy train rolling, they quickly threw ME together to have something to release in the interim.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 17d
Hmm ok not what I remember but that was a long time ago and that does makes sense
A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 4 pts · 18d
In terms of Windows versions, yes, it was.
It was objectively worse than XP, and deservedly short-lived. Win7 was objectively much better than Vista.
People who survived from then to now, consciousness intact, even say that Win 98 was better than Vista.
Not that I am endorsing Windows in any way.
huppakee@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 19d
feeling like ≠ being run on
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 19d
MissJinx@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 17d
yep 98 was ok, Vista was shit
katze@lemmy.4d2.org · 22 pts · 18d
This repost is so old, it is older than lemmy.
A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 4 pts · 18d
I am older than Lemmy!
Or am I?
katze@lemmy.4d2.org · 4 pts · 17d
I am definitely not older than that Lemmy.
A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 17d
I am so confused now. And I started it!
bitteroldcoot@piefed.social · 15 pts · 19d
And you actually believe it was just a billboard?
Syndication@lemmy.today · 9 pts · 19d
That's where the director and production crew stays, inside the moon, like in the Trumen Show.
WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 19d
What, is it really some incredibly tightly packed/placed drones?
theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 19d
Sloppy coverup we know that's the truth.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 9 pts · 19d
The unbelievable part is that it runs on Windows 95 and doesn't crash more often.
Successful_Try543@feddit.org · 1 pts · 18d
As far as I'm informed, the Matrix runs on Windows XP, but maybe not yet in russia.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 17d
As much as Russia would love to change it, Odessa is still a Ukrainian city
Successful_Try543@feddit.org · 2 pts · 17d
Wer lesen kann ist klar im Vorteil.
I've read russia and not Odessa. 🫣
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 17d
Windows 95 is bulletproof if you avoid the internet.
mappe@moplemmy.fyi · 11 pts · 19d
Well to carry the analogy forward these days we would be running on Windows 11 and experiencing a reality of constant monitoring and hardcore data mining so YEAH THAT TRACKS.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 19d
Outside of the matrix, they are running Windows 13. We are behind by two releases in here. They have to update the virtualization layers.
mappe@moplemmy.fyi · 3 pts · 19d
I can only assume Windows 13 has escalated to electrodes and a biometric monitoring butt plug.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 19d
Yeah it feels nice, but the software still sucks.
psycho_driver@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 19d
My wife and I did a flyby visit of the Devil's Tower last year on vacation and it was a foggy night like this with occasional lightning off in the distance. It was pretty surreal seeing a huge disembodied tower floating in the air in front of us as we approached.
sundray@lemmus.org · 5 pts · 19d
Well, at least this disproves all that "Intelligent Design" nonsense.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 17d
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 19d
“You were using Matrix Me again, weren’t you?”
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org · 2 pts · 17d
Nice try. Weather balloon, natural phenomena? We aren't buying it no more! End the simulation now!
Successful_Try543@feddit.org · 1 pts · 18d