Who talks like this? This bureaucrat-ese is intended, I suppose, to sound serious. But it just sounds like bullshit. That’s part of John Gruber’s reaction to Microsoft’s headline description of the new Windows Phone. He also shows the 48 jargon-filled words used for the Windows Phone intro and the 11 simple ones used to introduce […]
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Oct 11th 2010 by

Who talks like this? This bureaucrat-ese is intended, I suppose, to sound serious. But it just sounds like bullshit.

That’s part of John Gruber’s reaction to Microsoft’s headline description of the new Windows Phone. He also shows the 48 jargon-filled words used for the Windows Phone intro and the 11 simple ones used to introduce the iPhone. Give it a look here:

http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/10/11/microsoft-language

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