[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 at 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 at users.sourceforge.net>
> > To: <ros-general at 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 at reactos.com
> > > > [mailto:ros-general-bounces at reactos.com] On Behalf Of Andrew
> > > > "Silver Blade" Greenwood
> > > > Sent: 7. marts 2004 00:27
> > > > To: ros-general at 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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