microsoft’s latest os, vista, was previewed, or rather was “reborn” as a frumpy woman or fowl in latvia not long ago. i don’t know if microsoft’s choosing latvia was intentional or not, but i couldn’t stop laughing at this paragraph in this enquirer article:

Microsoft Latvia is trying to get around the problem by playing up Vista’s positive aspects and the more poetic, international definition of the name. A spokesVole said that when Latvians learn of the technical opportunities the system offers, they will pay more attention to its advantages, not its name.

apparently “vista” means fowl/chicken or frumpy woman in latvian. perhaps this is ms’s marketing strategy - obviously people are talking and laughing about this. i fell in love with macs once, broke up, and once again, i’m really enjoying my macbook’s company. we’ll see how vista goes - looks ok, but it may actually be really dodgy like xp… i hope it’s good; i’d love to have the dual booting thing going on my macbook.

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