Microsoft Post Windows OS Midori

[jaz]

Competition breeds innovation, MS is thinking outside the box. I don't expect too much though, anybody remember Bob?

Ref:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20 ... ws-os.html

[MattKingUSA]

Who is Bob? I was just reading about Midori on the BBC. Which meaning are they going for?

[MattKingUSA]

And is this new OS that giant table that is a touch screen device? It's the same technology as the Iphone but comes crammed inside something the size of a pool table.

[jaz]

Bob was arguably the worst product Microsoft ever put out.

Ref:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob

[MattKingUSA]

I did not know about that. That's funny.

[eddie]

ttp://www.sdtimes.com/MICROSOFT_S_PLANS_FOR_P ... SOFT/32627
http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1514
research.microsoft.com/projects/CHESS/chess.ppt PPT file