NOTE FROM KIM:

Microsoft’s next-generation operating system,
code-named Longhorn, has been delayed yet again.

The Top 9 Reasons
Longhorn Is Delayed

9> The hardware required to run it is only available from Cray.

8> Difficulty translating the word “Longhorn” into Eastern European languages for the offshore programmers.

7> The annoying paperclip has been rewritten in full-scree

movie-quality 3D.

6> Actually, it’s ready now; it just won’t fit on any available hard drive.

5> Microsoft is still waiting for Apple to finish the next Mac OS so they can clone it.

4> The new operating system is so advanced and intelligent, it keeps trying to delete itself for the good of mankind.

3> The monkeys keep inserting random pieces of “Hamlet” in the code.

2> Thousands of man-hours went into creating a lightning-fast, 64-bit version of the Blue Screen of Death.

and the Number 1 Reason Longhorn Is Delayed…

1> They can’t decide what the definition of “int” isn’t.

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Credits:

Selected from 56 submissions from 20 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Doug Crews, San Diego, CA — 1
Kim Moser, New York, NY — 2, 8, List Moderator
Nick Ellinger, Washington, DC — 3
Marcelo Rinesi, Buenos Aires, Argentina — 3, 5, Topic
Matt Van Opens, Kenosha, WI — 4
Shane Looker, Mukilteo, WA — 5
Neal Bouffard, Ottawa, ON — 6
Daniel Attema, Adelaide, Australia — 7
Peter Casper, Brisbane, Australia — 9