I remember the days when fax machines were just coming out, and I remember the days when computers started coming with fax modems, and that was the beginning of the end for the FAX machine.

I was working with Microsoft the other day on an issue [pertaining to work] and as I was talking to the lady on the phone she said I could ‘FAX’ the information over to them and they would process it. –this just staggered me.

It was funny because I had received the information from them about an activation via email and yet they were expecting me to FAX them back something?!

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With Microsoft you can’t figure out from day to day what they’re doing, but looks like they have decided to ramp up the release date of Windows 7.

It’s no great secret they are racing the clock, literally watching the seconds crash away as they loose money on Microsoft Vista. With the layoffs at Microsoft, I’d say those are the same stupid SOB’s who programmed Vista to begin with.

At Microsoft TechEd North America 2009, Microsoft today announced that Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will both be available to customers in time for the holiday shopping season. Previously, Microsoft’s official stance was that Windows 7 would be available no later than three years after the general availability of Windows Vista, meaning January 30, 2010. Based on the steady development of the OS though, many have predicted that Windows 7 would arrive earlier. Windows Server 2008 R2 was expected to arrive sometime after Windows 7, but now Microsoft has noted that the server OS will actually arrive in the same timeframe as its client counterpart. The Release Candidate builds for both operating systems went public last week.

The market predictions for Windows 7 has been greatly received and while the IT guru’s of the world have no great interest in upgrading to Windows 7 anytime soon, surely the growing pains Vista has trampled and stumbled through will make it easier for the next Operating System to gain some running room.

Keep your eyes peeled and watch for the rush to the computer stores for uber-geeks to get their hands on v7. We can expect so many horror stories and updates your head will spin.

It should be a early geek Christmas for some…

via Ars Technica

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