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Heroes happen {here}. From Microsoft.

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by seanferd

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Microsoft has a new groove for you to fall into: Heroes happen {here}. The site focuses on Windows server 2008, Visual Studio 2008, and SQL Server 2008. Oh, and {your story}. Be a hero in the Portrait Gallery. You'll need to install Silverlight and register for the honor.

You can also take a "sneak peek" at the Virtual Launch Experience, or check out other Events. Perhaps you would care to download evaluation copies of the 2008 software?

But wait, there's more: The HHH webcomic! (Brought to you by Microsoft and Seagate.) You'll need to use the Silverlight enabled Comic Viewer to navigate anything other than the current panels, but why wouldn't you want one, when you can help them to drive the story! (Or you can cheat and view them in the TechNet Blogs).

How quotable is it?
"You're wife's rootkit is the nastiest we've ever seen." "How'd it get there?"

Any takers?

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by hal 9000

Accusing M$ of attempting to place a Root Kit on your computer with Silverlight when the rest of their products are accepted as Virus.

Just why shouldn't M$ provide a [b]Complete Infection Regime?[/b]

Col

by apotheon

I read through every webcomic on that TechNet weblog page and the only quotable line I found was this one:

"Evil takes many faces, Steve. Even [b][i]DOS[/i][/b]."

I'm a little confused by this line:

"Steve, your wife's computer has a second, [b][i]shadow program[/i][/b] working on it."

What's she saying -- that the computer only runs one program normally?

I'm also a little confused about why hazmat suits and an isolation tent would be necessary for a friggin' computer virus. Are there airborne computer viruses that can infect human beings now?

Maybe this webcomic would have a better chance of being worth reading if someone who knew something about computers was writing it. It might also help if the writer knew how to use Wikipedia -- and, therefore, looked up the word "Ragnarok" rather than misspelling it from memory.

Oh, one other thing -- they're acting like rootkits blow things up, destroy stock exchanges, and boil little puppies. What's up with that? All rootkits do is hide stuff and make it easy for malicious security crackers to re-connect to an infected machine.

by seanferd

I noticed some of those items you point out. I particularly enjoyed the PC in the mobile isolation tent. WTH is up with that? I chose my particular quote because it sounded like some woman had some terrible and long-untreated collection of STDs.

It is blatantly obvious that these comic-book guys haven't a clue. In fact, that was the tipping point on which the decision to write my original post was based. I just couldn't take it anymore, and had to "share". But, hey, we can change all that if we help "drive" the story!

Yikes.

by apotheon

Do you think they'd let us "drive" the story with our real-world experiences? I mean experiences like the greater stability and security we got from non-Microsoft platforms, the reduced maintenance costs, the reduced acquisition costs, the reduced labor costs, and so on.

I'm pretty sure we only get to "drive" the story if we act like brainless fanboys -- and that's why they get content that's so crappy and brainless.

by hal 9000

[i]Maybe this webcomic would have a better chance of being worth reading if someone who knew something about computers was writing it.[/i]

Who actually cares wouldn't it be far better saying:-

Maybe Windows would be Far Better if Someone who actually looked at a Computer was Writing the Code instead of the people who write the M$ comics?

Col

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