In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:23:32 +0100
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> __/ [ Martha Adams ] on Monday 23 April 2007 14:17 \__
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>> Gates seems to have departed from Microsoft at the very best
>> time for him to do that: Microsoft only goes down from here. It
>> seems to me to have relied only upon user ignorance and some
>> ugly business practices for their "success" to date. With more
>> people more knowledgeable, that is becoming less and less
>> effective. So my impression is, Microsoft has maxed out.
>>
>> So where do they go from here? My guess is, they will become
>> a patent litigation company. No plant, no production, just a few
>> law offices actively looking for victims. With the cash they have
>> in hand, that will be easy to do: they will have learned from SCO
>> and if as I guess, American politics remain very restrictive,
>> corrupt, and controlling for decades to come, Microsoft has a
>> long future yet.
>
> Be ready to be attacked by the COLA WinTrolls.
>
Attack...of the cola wintrollers...
Attack...of the cola wintrollers...
From Redmond's lab come forth each week
The ripe red patches of which we speak
(Except when they have a security leak!)
WinTrollers! WinTrollers!
*ahem*
Ah, misspent youth.
with apologies to FOX, who aired the original variant of this
sometime in 1990.
(And no, Wilbur never did get rid of that parachute.)
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