A Microsoft bork at the heart of The Oracle? Whatever next?
(2021/02/09)
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Bork!Bork!Bork! The enmity between Microsoft and Oracle is the stuff of legend, but it appears The Beast of Redmond may have had the last laugh, at least over its namesake.
You may be picturing databases-at-dawn, but today's bork centres on Windows badness within The Oracle... er, shopping centre in Reading, UK.
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Spotted by Register reader Simon while on a stroll, a four-letter word has been obscured by Windows 10's cry for attention in the window of clothing retailer Superdry. Not, we hasten to add, the four-letter word usually uttered by users of the OS as it decides that three minutes before an important meeting is the perfect time for an update.
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Unfortunately, the connection to Big Red is in name alone. Although we can imagine what a shopping mall dedicated to the wares of Larry and co might entail: if you can't decipher the prices, you can't afford to shop there. In fact, you probably can't afford to anyway. All the shops would be big, red, and looking a bit shabby nowadays compared to other, cloudier outlets. You can pick up coffee from the concession stands, but watch out for the [4]small print on your cup of Java. And finally, there is parking for yachts outside because of course there is.
While the signage is on display in Superdry, a chain that has seen quite a [5]startling reversal in its fortunes in recent times , the idea of a Microsoft bork at the heart of The Oracle is enticing.
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Even if "up to 50% off" are words not normally associated with Big Red. ®
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You may be picturing databases-at-dawn, but today's bork centres on Windows badness within The Oracle... er, shopping centre in Reading, UK.
[1]
Spotted by Register reader Simon while on a stroll, a four-letter word has been obscured by Windows 10's cry for attention in the window of clothing retailer Superdry. Not, we hasten to add, the four-letter word usually uttered by users of the OS as it decides that three minutes before an important meeting is the perfect time for an update.
[2]
Click to enlarge
[3]
Unfortunately, the connection to Big Red is in name alone. Although we can imagine what a shopping mall dedicated to the wares of Larry and co might entail: if you can't decipher the prices, you can't afford to shop there. In fact, you probably can't afford to anyway. All the shops would be big, red, and looking a bit shabby nowadays compared to other, cloudier outlets. You can pick up coffee from the concession stands, but watch out for the [4]small print on your cup of Java. And finally, there is parking for yachts outside because of course there is.
While the signage is on display in Superdry, a chain that has seen quite a [5]startling reversal in its fortunes in recent times , the idea of a Microsoft bork at the heart of The Oracle is enticing.
[6]
Even if "up to 50% off" are words not normally associated with Big Red. ®
Get our [7]Tech Resources
[1] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_bootnotes/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2YCJrTDULQOhLZcO7XkbPvgAAABE&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
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[4] https://www.theregister.com/2018/06/22/oracle_java_se_subscriptions/
[5] https://corporate.superdry.com/investors/financial-performance/
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[7] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
Re: 3 minutes before a meeting
Stuart Castle
What is also irritating is being told that when you want to go home, being told that it will take well over a day to install said patch. I have been told this by XP. I think it actually said over 10,000 minutes, but can't be sure as it was nearly 20 years ago.
IIRC, I was lucky, and it didn't take anywhere near that, an 10 minutes later, the PC restarted, patch installed.
3 minutes before a meeting
is nothing, what's worse is informing you as you shut down to go home that it is doing patching and to not turn off your PC.