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Windows 7 gets the Star Wars treatment

The Death Star was my idea

Vids The Star Wars fans among you who remember Microsoft's TV punts for Windows 7...

...might enjoy this explanation of just whose idea the Death Star was:

Well, recruiting Darth Vader for a Windows 7 promotion probably would have panned out better than a short dalliance with Family Guy:

MS dropped plans for a TV variety special "devoted to the comedy of Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy, American Dad and The Cleveland Show" when it decided the content "was not a fit with the Windows brand". ®

Not a Fit

"was not a fit with the Windows brand" .... yeah, the jokes on these shows work.

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Wow, so impressed

Your comment is by far the most thoughtless and insulting shit I have ever seen, and I live across the pond from the USA.

Hey, it's seriously that thoughtless and insulting, I give you 2 FINGERs!

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However

I actually quite like it.

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Windows 7 was my idea...

... but I gave away the IP to Microsoft who patented it...

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The other ones

are pretty good as well - chewwy one is awesome!

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