Re: Jaws users look out, touch-screen Windows

  • From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 14:14:43 -0700

It's okay. Nice to find out that there's a popular acronym I didn't know 
about. I know FUBAR, I know DTRMF, I know a lot of stuff like that. But I 
never heard of FUD, so now I know.
thanks.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brandon B" <serrebi101@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: Jaws users look out, touch-screen Windows


FUD,  means
Fear, uncertainty and doubt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear%2C_uncertainty_and_doubt
Sorry for the confusion.
Yardbird wrote:
> ah, here's an opportunity to learn a new technical word. Fud. What's a 
> fud.
> Is it a mistype of an all-capitalized acronym, FUD? If so, what does that
> stand for? Or is it a word, in which case what does it mean? any relation 
> to
> Elmer Fudd?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brandon B"<serrebi101@xxxxxxxxx>
> To:<jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 1:14 PM
> Subject: Re: Jaws users look out, touch-screen Windows
>
>
> Just because a touch interface is optional, doesn't mean it's the
> default. Windows seven would fail if your fud was the case because many
> hardware offered out at launch wouldn't be totally ready for this.
>
>
> Jim Talley wrote:
>
>> Microsoft unveils touch-screen Windows
>> Microsoft Corp. said its next operating system will be made for
>> touch-screen applications, an alternative to the computer mouse, and
>> its top executives
>> reaffirmed interest in joining forces with Yahoo Inc.
>>
>
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