… is expletive. Note that some people spell it “explitive.” They are wrong. One could even call them “ignorant.”
Tomorrow’s word of the day will actually be a phrase: ad hominem.
Not sure what I did to set Mr. Thurrott off this way, but we’ll just have to consider the source, I guess.
Too bad I won’t be at WinHEC next week. It might have been amusing to talk to Paul directly and ask, WTF? (Oh, wait. Is that an expletive?)
Oh, and Paul…
Ed Bott 
Ed, you rock. When I read Paul’s piece, I was completely confused as to what he was talking about, particularly since he wasn’t even linking to a story you wrote. It was just weird. You couldn’t have come back with anything more clever, pointed, and succinct. Kudos.
Not sure how to send you email, so maybe you’ll see this off-topic item here on this page.
-Just out of curiosity I ran the new Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor Beta to see if my machine might be at all “Vista ready”.
It told me that I needed another 15 gig of hard drive space to even run the basic Vista OS! Huh? Does Vista really need around 20 gig just to say “howdy” to a machine? Are these people in Redmond crazy?
Would be interested in reading your thoughts about this!
If you’re a regular here, then you know Ed can take it, as well as dish it. Maybe Paul was trying to be sarcastic? Is Paul also offended by Dick Cheney’s potty mouth, too?
At least Ed not shooting anyone in the face.
Ed, just where are these “explitive laced rantings.” I don’t remember seeing any of those…
I don’t think either of you would last long in a spelling bee. 🙂
proprietory ===> proprietary
twidling ==> twiddling
Dave, those weren’t my typos! Those were in Larry Murphy’s column.
But Ed, you misspelled Paul. 🙂 (The author of the piece that Thurrott is bagging on is Paul Murphy, not Larry.)
Columnist FIIIIIGHT!!!