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I'm a little pessimistic on this monolithic company these days. In fact, I might be a strong advocate of an air strike. Napalm, yeah, lots of it.
Silly me, I use Windows as a developer primarily. I (we?) are obviously outnumbered. MS has obsoleted or abandoned so many projects, my eyes waters and other things tighten.
So, the big push is on for Windows 10. Windows 10 is THE elephanting answer says the dweebs at MS. But, I'm happy with Windows 7. Really, I am. But I need a new laptop... if I want Windows 7, I can only buy a new old laptop. Hmmm... Okay, I'll go to windows 10... what can go wrong? I've run it in a VM, it's benign... right?
Elephanting wrong.
1) We've abandoned Windows Virtual PC. Surprise! 3 days later, I finally have it migrated to VMWare.
2) VS2008 and smart device development - nope, doesn't work any more, sorry about that...
(file copy to a WINDOWS ELEPHANTING SEVEN VM still going). Just like when you threw us under the bus with CE 6.0
3) If I get one more add suggestion from the GD desktop...
PS - it's better for consumers. Fair enough (maybe), but you've pissed off and alienated (almost typed analiated) so many developers at the hardware level. Go bloody piss-=off.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Shhh! I know how you feel, but if you keep going like that the fanbois will name you a 'hater'.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Label me a hater? Save the effort and send me the t-shirt. MS has done some good things, but the regular elephanting of their developer base - specific to mobile and embedded - nah, not worried.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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I'm with you, Charlie. Thankfully you can still buy a copy of Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit[^]. Just be sure to download the Win7 drivers for your new box before wiping it clean and installing Win7.
/ravi
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Yes, I have 4 copes in my drawer - all legal I think (never got through the nn pages of licensing from my favorite buddies at MS). The problem is that when you get cutting edge hardware, it can be difficult to find older drivers. Hate/hate relationship.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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MS announced recently that they will no longer supply Microsoft Updates to Windows 7 running on new processors (such as Intel's "Kaby Lake" line, IIRC).
Be a good boy and drink the Kool-Aid™.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Also make sure it's an older laptop. MS is still planning to follow through on their threats to turn off W7/8.x on all Intel/AMD cpu architectures that post-date W10's launch later this summer.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Just come over to the dark side and buy a laptop from Dell with Ubuntu pre-installed (plus you'll save $100 over the same model with Windows). Install Win7 in VMs for all your windows development, plus expand your skills and develop for linux (or just do some non .Net web dev) as well.
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/ravi
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Yeah, well HP hasn't ported OpenVMS to x86 yet.
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If I am reading your post correctly, it seems you are experiencing some sort of problem with your computer. Did you try rebooting? 
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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The Lounge is theraputic, the lounge is theraputic... grrr, don't make me come over there 
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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What are you using a computer for?!
Haven't you heard? It's Mobile First, now!
You should be coding on your phone!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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charlieg wrote: MS has obsoleted or abandoned so many projects, my eyes waters and other things tighten.
Have you ever heard of Google?
MS could learn a thing or two from them 
This message was brought to you from a Windows 7 machine.
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Die? I hope not!! I'd have to find a new career. 
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Reminds me of working on PocketPC and having to have a Windows XP install to do some of that work.
Not fully supporting CE 5 & 6 with VS 2010 was a big thorn in my side. Of course, then there's how 6 dropped gdiplus and the weird way .NET compact deals with native handles and....
(I've been working on Linux embedded and find CE itself far better. Add in the development infrastructure, even if it does have issues, and it's magnitudes better.)
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I almost classified this as a joke but there is too much truth to it.
Scientists have announced the discovery of the HEAVIEST element yet known to science.
The new element is Governmentium (Gv). It has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312. These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lefton-like particles called peons.
Since Governmentium has no electrons or protons, it is inert. However, it can be detected, because it impedes every reaction with which it comes in contact.
A tiny amount of Governmentium can cause a reaction normally taking less than a second to take from four days to four years to complete.
Governmentium has a normal half-life of 4 - 8 years. It does not decay but instead undergoes a reorganisation in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places. In fact, Governmentium's mass will actually increase over time, since each reorganisation will cause more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes. This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to believe that Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a critical concentration.
This hypothetical quantity is referred to as critical morass. When catalyzed with money, Governmentium becomes Administratium, an element that radiates just as much energy as Governmentium since it has half as many peons but twice as many morons. All of the money is consumed in the exchange, and no other by-products are produced.
Govermentium is in the same family as moronium , and lead .
Someone's therapist knows all about you!
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It's what black holes are made of.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Hadn't thought about it but true enough.
Someone's therapist knows all about you!
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Hey, if you wrote the OP, then add it. Citation not required.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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There must be some universal constant hidden in all that. The number of neutrons and morons may vary, yet Governmentum is the same everywhere.
What shall we call it? The Hankey Moronic Quantum?
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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CDP1802 wrote: What shall we call it? The Hankey Moronic Quantum?
What else? 
Someone's therapist knows all about you!
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I'm a fan of Zero-Point Stupidity[^]. With Governmentium this is the base state of stupid regardless of the number of morons 
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