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SubjectRe: Microsoft Surface pre-orders sold out - all models
FromMuahMan
Date10/23/2012 14:02 (10/23/2012 05:02)
Message-ID<dc80d10e-1155-40e6-8a17-5acee09f06a5@googlegroups.com>
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On Tuesday, October 23, 2012 7:54:56 AM UTC-4, Jon wrote:

Jon
On 23/10/2012 12:27 pm, Nashton wrote: =20

Nashton
On 12-10-23 7:46 AM, Jon wrote:

Jon
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On 23/10/2012 10:31 am, Steve de Mena wrote:

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Anyone surprised?

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If it goes the same way as Zune and Kin, not really!

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Nashton
Were they sold out too?

Jon
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Not bad for the version 1.0 of a brand new operating system.

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Windows RT is still based on CE, which came out nearly 20 years ago, s=

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its not really "new" then!

=20 =20 =20 Actually it was 1996 (CE 1.0) and 1993 (NT 3.1) =20 =20 =20

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Nashton
And OSX is based on what, exactly?

Jon
=20 =20 =20 BSD Unix, but nobody claim it was "Brand New" =20 =20 =20 There is nothing really new in computing, just a lick of paint on an old=

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=20 fa=E7ade! =20 =20 =20 Just shows you what the power of marketing can do.

I think you forgot to answer a couple of his questions.