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posted by cmn32480 on Friday April 29 2016, @11:29PM   Printer-friendly
from the inconvenient-timing-for-a-new-os dept.

El Reg reports

Microsoft's relentless Windows 10 nagware has interrupted a live TV weather forecast, urging meteorologist Metinka Slater to upgrade.

The operating system suddenly popped up a box on screen insisting the station's computer be upgraded to the latest version--while Slater was on air describing thunderstorms rolling through Iowa, USA.

The cyber-badgering blatted over her doppler weather radar, which was being broadcast on KCCI 8 News [April 27].

"Microsoft recommends upgrading to Windows 10. Gosh, what should I do?" Slater asked sarcastically.

So, do you know of a case of MSFT update pushiness that rivals this?


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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by aristarchus on Saturday April 30 2016, @04:13AM

    by aristarchus (2645) on Saturday April 30 2016, @04:13AM (#339335) Journal

    Forecast: Blue skies, er, screens! Of Death! Now with more Windows! 10 of them! Thank goodness the last Windoze I ran was Ninety-Five! I am still 85 releases ahead of everyone else!

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  • (Score: 2) by mhajicek on Saturday April 30 2016, @05:23AM

    by mhajicek (51) on Saturday April 30 2016, @05:23AM (#339349)

    You know why msoft went straight from 8 to 10? Because 7 8 9.

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