FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for June 30, 2009
June 29, 2009
July 01, 2009
Transcript:
Peter: I can't believe you wrote an entire operating system. Jason: I'm telling you, Peter, Jasondowns 98 was going to make me rich! I had it all figured out! The only thing I needed was for the feds to delay Microsoft's new O.S. long enough for mine to get its foot in the door! Because I guarantee once people tried my O.S. they wouldn't be switching back to windows anytime soon. Peter: It's that good? Jason: It's that hard to un-install. Computer: (beep) tentacles wrapped and locked awaiting your command.
wyrm282 over 15 years ago
wow, an OS with tentacles…cool!
tbree over 15 years ago
So that’s where Microsoft got the idea from!
hawkeye761 over 15 years ago
Microsoft based Explorer on Jason’s design
LibrarianInTraining over 15 years ago
I had thought of designing my own OS years ago. Something even more user friendly. Something a moron could operate. I thought of calling it EZ-PC. All the system files are password encoded and locked in the deepest parts of the system, so there’s no way to accidentally delete them. Only certified techs would have the passwords. It would be specially designed witht the copmuter illiterate in mind. Kinda like Firefly phones. Usable, but not so advanced that you create problems for yourself.
I may take the idea up again.
Constantinepaleologos over 15 years ago
98 seems pretty out of date.
chromosome Premium Member over 15 years ago
I thought Jason used a Mac. BTW, I think Microsoft based Vista on Jason’s design.
Steven Crofts over 15 years ago
Jason used a PC until his mom fell is love with a cute Imac, a few years later.
Sternvogel over 15 years ago
However, Amend called the “obvious Apple” the “iFruit”, although he did use the actual Intel name in this particular comic strip.
http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2006/04/24/
Nighthawks Premium Member over 15 years ago
sounds like Norton
Kerovan over 15 years ago
chromosomeGenius_badge said, about 7 hours ago
I thought Jason used a Mac. BTW, I think Microsoft based Vista on Jason’s design.
No that was Windows ME. They removed some of the functionality and re-released it as Vista.
mrprongs over 15 years ago
Just give us dual pane support in Windows Explorer. I move files between drives. I need to panes with 2 different drives on them.