Windows 2003 Launch Event ATL

[geekender]

Who else was there?

Bunker, saw your buddy.....didn't see you there though.

 

[Nocturnal]

As far as the free eval software, was it a 180 day trial or was it a NFR copy of the software?

 

[JEDI]

never even knew win2003 was even near completion.

so whats the benefits over XP?

 

[geekender]

Software is trial....doesn't really matter, I downloaded full version in April. 2003 is a server OS and XP is a client. Like 2000 server vs. 2000 pro.

 

[FreshPrince]

I loved how people started to walk out after that crash....

also, the NT4 --> 2k3 session was a joke. That dood was clueless

overall, a waste of time, but still got me a day out of work tho 😛

 

[Nocturnal]

Originally posted by: geekender
Software is trial....doesn't really matter, I downloaded full version in April. 2003 is a server OS and XP is a client. Like 2000 server vs. 2000 pro.

Really? I never even knew Server 2K3 went gold.

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: FreshPrince
I loved how people started to walk out after that crash....

also, the NT4 --> 2k3 session was a joke. That dood was clueless

overall, a waste of time, but still got me a day out of work tho 😛

LOL, they had another live demo crash? Like the one where Bill Gates plugs in the scanner (Win98 prerelease demo)? 😉

 

[Staples]

I want to know about this so called "crash." I'd really be surprised if there was one however MS never prepares for their events in advance and could have easily used a crappy motherboard which crashes. I have one of those myself.

 

[FreshPrince]

Originally posted by: jliechty

Originally posted by: FreshPrince I loved how people started to walk out after that crash.... also, the NT4 --> 2k3 session was a joke. That dood was clueless

overall, a waste of time, but still got me a day out of work tho 😛

LOL, they had another live demo crash? Like the one where Bill Gates plugs in the scanner (Win98 prerelease demo)? 😉

It was not an OS crash, but rather application crash..you know the one that asks you to send the crash to M$? Still funny tho 😛

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: JEDI
never even knew win2003 was even near completion.

so whats the benefits over XP?

it is Windows Server 2003, not a desktop OS, no comparison to XP, other than it looks like Windows 2000 Server with the XP GUI, sorta

 

[geekender]

They were showcasing Office 2003 and the box was running several copies of Server 2003 and XP when Powerpoint 2003 crashed. No big deal, it isn't released yet.