On: Microsoft Partner Network changes spark uproar

[whoopdedo]

I occasionally felt that ME was so bad in order to push the last holdouts finally into the 32-bit era.

[dragonwriter → whoopdedo]

Presumably, you mean the NT-era and off the Windows 95 descended code base, but as I recall it was exactly the opposite: the ME that was released was something of a last-minute rush job because, it was supposed to be an NT-based OS, but that wasn't ready and was effectively delayed until XP.

[AnIdiotOnTheNet → whoopdedo]

ME was 32 bit... I think what you mean to say is to push the last hold outs into the NT on the desktop era.

[TazeTSchnitzel → AnIdiotOnTheNet]

NT was on the desktop! I think you mean in the home.

[u801e → TazeTSchnitzel]

That didn't happen until people started using Windows XP. I only saw a few businesses using NT or Windows 2000, but I don't recall many people running those versions in their home computers.