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Hoisted from Mike Pohjola's blog , the real reason Microsoft bought Nokia's phone business Dear MR NOKIA! My name is STEPHEN ELOP. I am the son of the former PRESIDENT of MICROSOFT, Mr. BILL GATES III. I am contacting you because a mutual FRIEND suggested you as a person who is trustworthy and reliable. As you probably know, MICROSOFT’s plans for world domination have recently been foiled by the evil APPLE corporation and their IPHONE invasion of the market. However, we still have the very valuable MS WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM in our possession. Unfortunately, we cannot get it out on a SMARTPHONE. This is why I am writing to YOU. The OPERATING SYSTEM is worth one hundred billion dollars ($100.000.000.000 USD). However, since it is tied to DESKTOP COMPUTERS, we cannot access any of that money. With your help we could transfer the OPERATING SYSTEM on a SMARTPHONE, and then we could share that money in the ration 50% to me, 40% to you and 10% for any expenses. ...

From Ubergizmo - Windows 8 losing the Start button? : If you’re a fan of the Start button that has been with the Windows operating system ever since Windows 95, it looks like Windows 7 might be the last place you can see it. According to some new reports about Windows 8 that surfaced last week, the iconic Start button is now gone.  To which I say "Amen!" and "About Time Too!". Actually, I probably don't.  Its not that I hated it, its just that they used it everywhere , and it was pretty damn stupid in most uses. Remember Windows Mobile?  Why ?  I ask you, Why was there a Start button on a piddly screen ?  Then again, I suspect some other insanity approaching.  Rumors have it that the are replacing the button with either A "hotspot" somewhere on the screen that you have to hover over (which I really doubt is true, but whatever) Having to use the 'Windows' key on the keyboard, which seems much more realistic. Me, I can hardly wait...