Marwane El Kharbili

Apr 2, 2008

Microsoft and the future of quantum computing

...Is the 1st April joke by Microsoft folks on Channel 9. And when you have a look at the reactions and the comments, many people have fallen down for this :D I must say, hadn't it been the comments, I would have believed that a team of genius software architects and astrophysicists have gotten together under the umbrella of the "Quantum Unreality Computation Group" and developed the revolutionary Quark product. This product is the ultimate quantum computing machine, the solution everybody dreamed of to revolutionize parallel computing. Don't look for this one on Microsoft's catalogs, you won't find it. the only thing that betrays the prank is that at the end of the 30 minute video where Dr. Beckman very handily explains the quantum theory behind the discovery, both the reporter and him eventually finish laughing their heart out, lol. If you want to get a not so serious idea about how quantum jokes made by Microsoft look like, get the video!

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