NOTE FROM KIM:

Chinese software developers are working on an
operating system intended to compete with Windows
98 and free China from the monopoly of foreign software.

The Top 8 Signs You’re
Using a Chinese Clone of Windows

8> An hour after you start up your computer, you feel like you want to boot again.

7> GPF replaced by MSG.

6> The manual comes in a fortune cookie.

5> “Abolt? Letly? Fair?”

4> Flight Simulator strictly forbids you from landing.

3> Your bloated firewall is visible from outer space.

2> Goodbye “Blue Screen of Death,” hello “Red Screen of Torture, then Death.”

and the Number 1 Sign You’re Using a Chinese Clone of Windows…

1> Newly elected Chairman “Ghaytz Wyill-Yam” looks a little familiar…

.

Credits:

Selected from 41 submissions from 14 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Doug Crews, San Diego, CA — 1
Nico Moser, New York, NY — 2
Mark Zinck, Grand Rapids, MI — 2
Arthur Levesque, Laurel, MD — 2, 5
Joe Terranova, Lake Orion, MI — 2
Daniel Attema, Adelaide, Australia — 2
Dave Goudsward, Boynton Beach, FL — 3, 7
Barry Wallace, Knoxville, TN — 3, 6
Wade Kwon, Birmingham, AL — 4
Allen Lindsey, Cincinnati, OH — 5
Bruce Kane, Boynton Beach, FL — 8
Just about everybody else — 8
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List Moderator