Re: [ros-general] "My Computer" and co.

[Tobias Ussing]

If this is only on longhorn maybe microsoft just changed the names. It doesn't 
mean that it will be "my computer" in the final release, though i guess a 
beta would solve that dispute.

What does the PDC of NT 4 or 2k say?

Sincerly
Tobias Ussing

On Sunday 07 March 2004 01:08, Tim Robinson wrote:
>   The PDC build of Longhorn has "Computer",
> "Documents" and "Network".
>
>  Apparently the Microsoft developers prefer these names, and the "My"
>  prefix on previous Windows versions was added later by marketing.
>
>  On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 00:00:29 -0000
>
>  "Andrew \"Silver Blade\" Greenwood" <lists(a)silverblade.co.uk>
> wrote:
>  > I'm not saying we should change it entirely, but to just remove the
>  > un-necessary "My"s that are appearing everywhere. It won't be long
> before
>  > we have "My Favorites" and "My Outlook Express" and "My
> Internet
>  > Explorer"...
>  >
>  > Just a preference really, but I've had 3 people agree that "My" is
>  > un-necessary. It's no biggie, just wondered what everyone else thinks?
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > ----- Original Message -----
>  > From: "Casper Hornstrup" <chorns(a)users.sourceforge.net>
>  > To: <ros-general(a)reactos.com>
>  > Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 11:36 PM
>  > Subject: RE: [ros-general] "My Computer" and co.
>  >
>  > > I don't see a good reason for not using the familiar Microsoft
>  > > terminlogy in vanilla ReactOS. But ReactOS is open source so you can
>  > > create your own distribution and use whatever terminlogy you want.
>  > >
>  > > Casper
>  > >
>  > > > -----Original Message-----
>  > > > From: ros-general-bounces(a)reactos.com
>  > > > [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Andrew
>  > > > "Silver Blade" Greenwood
>  > > > Sent: 7. marts 2004 00:27
>  > > > To: ros-general(a)reactos.com
>  > > > Subject: [ros-general] "My Computer" and co.
>  > > >
>  > > > Just a small request, after having to endure Microsoft's
>  > > > attempts to make everything "mine".
>  > > >
>  > > > Can we PLEASE not mirror Microsoft's:
>  > > > - My Computer
>  > > > - My Network Places
>  > > > - My Documents
>  > > > - My Pictures
>  > > > - My Music
>  > > >
>  > > > and so on.
>  > > >
>  > > > Can we at least have "The Computer" "Network"
> "Documents"
>  > > > etc. instead?
>  > > > Something a little less selfish-sounding please!
>  > > >
>  > > > May seem like a stupid request, but I have spent a long time
>  > > > tweaking Windows to stop it from reminding me that my files
>  > > > are, in fact, my files, along with anything anyone else in my
>  > > > family save on my computer.
>  > > >
>  > > > So, erm, can we get rid of all this "me me me", or at least
>  > > > make it optional?
>  > > >
>  > > > -Andrew
>  > > >
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