The Old New Thing

February 14, 2006 - The Old New Thing

Studs from Microsoft

February 14, 2006 Feb 14, 2006 02/14/06
Raymond Chen
Chris Sells reminded me of the Studs from Microsoft sketch (direct link to video), a parody of the dating game show Studs, as performed by the now-defunct local sketch comedy program Almost Live! And yes, in that sketch is Bill Nye at the midpoint of his rise to stardom. Between his careers as Boeing mechanical engineer and nationally-...

Other things people do with beta versions of the operating system

February 14, 2006 Feb 14, 2006 02/14/06
Raymond Chen
Somewhat belatedly riffing on Larry and his discussion of time bombs in beta products, I'm reminded of one instance of a major PC manufacturer who apparently couldn't wait for Windows 95 to RTM. Tired of waiting, they shipped several thousands of machines with a late beta version of Windows 95 instead. That worked out really great...