Microsoft: We're not "cool enough" for Mac OS X

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Photosynth is a technology Microsoft has designed to create 3-D "worlds" with your photos. This technology is definitely cool, and we actually would like to see it come to the Mac, but the way they worded the install page just makes us laugh. Meanwhile, VMware Fusion's Pete Kazanjy told us that the warning about Photosynth not working in a virtual machine isn't quite right; he got it running just fine in Fusion 2 Beta 2, and has the video to prove it.

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Like it or not I personally got a good chuckle out of this

I could care less about the OS wars for all that matters..

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Meanwhile, VMware Fusion's Pete Kazanjy told us that the warning about Photosynth not working in a virtual machine isn't quite right; he got it running just fine in Fusion 2 Beta 2, and has the video to prove it.

Microsoft really doesn't support running any Microsoft operating system or software package in a virtual environment that isn't one they created.

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i think its pathetic... its like that "we dont want to be cool"-thing... i dont know.

you know its like those guys at school who always say "aww, no, im not cool enough", hoping someone with a heart of gold says "no way, you are cool, come play with us."...

but then again i couldnt care less. ;)

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i think its pathetic... its like that "we dont want to be cool"-thing... i dont know.

you know its like those guys at school who always say "aww, no, im not cool enough", hoping someone with a heart of gold says "no way, you are cool, come play with us."...

but then again i couldnt care less. ;)

I think the usage of "cool" here, has more to do with the "I'm a mac, I'm a PC"-ads than anything else. Plus, it's still in development; it's just some dev trying to be witty. It'll get pulled in no time, as soon as the news gets in the open. (the joke I mean, not the whole project).

Still made me laugh tho. :)

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Pretty cool. At least Microsoft can poke fun at themselves. When a company (or a person for that matter) can do that, I have more respect for them.
Agreed. A sense of humor is a good thing.

By the way, I get the same "cool" message on Linux, even down to the "as soon as we have a Mac version ready..." message. :ermm:

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By the way, I get the same "cool" message on Linux, even down to the "as soon as we have a Mac version ready..." message. :ermm:

They didn't expect any of the 4 linux users to try it :laugh: ( Kidding! )

But as said, I love a company who can poke fun at themselves, kudos.

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i think its pathetic... its like that "we dont want to be cool"-thing... i dont know.

you know its like those guys at school who always say "aww, no, im not cool enough", hoping someone with a heart of gold says "no way, you are cool, come play with us."...

but then again i couldnt care less. ;)

I don't think ive ever seen or heard of the "Im not cool enough" jist being said due to a lack of self-confidence in my life (outside of movies. School of Rock comes to mind). 99 times out of 100 it's a tongue in cheek laughing at yourself thing. Which is what this is. Lighten up.

No problem with it.

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