Sneaking into the auditorium for the Windows 2000 launch rehearsal (devblogs.microsoft.com)
30 points by ibobev 2 hours ago
yodon an hour ago
Raymond Chen is one of the great treasures of the web.
michalpleban 20 minutes ago
Of course I remember IR file sharing! And contact beaming from Palm devices.
mschuster91 an hour ago
> The sketch demonstrated infrared file sharing and other mobile scenarios. Remember infrared file sharing? Of course you don’t.
Oh hell yes I do. Dog slow but at least it worked decently well, something I can't say about Bluetooth.
jeffrallen 32 minutes ago
I remember waiting for IR file sharing. It was SLOW.
wayne 19 minutes ago
I mostly remember infrared transfers in the context of beaming contacts between PalmPilots. It was pretty fast for that, and actually, much more reliable than modern AirDrop.