After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out
this bit o' wisdom:
> The Microsoft-English Dictionary 1.5
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> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Legal, Marketing, and Internet Community Terms
>|
>| "Cancer" - (1)(n) - Microsoft metaphor describing Linux and the open
>| source software movement. In reality, the term best describes Microsoft's
>| own products, starting off small and then growing, spreading, and usually
>| having negative effects on its host, often requiring software "doctors"
>| and utilities to restore or recover such problems. Like cancer in the
>| human body, many hosts have been disabled or killed by such organisims.
>| See also "Swap Files" and "Temp Files."
> `----
>
> http://www.infowarrior.org/articles/msdictionary.html
I like the picture of the Microsoft dollar broken down by how Microsoft
makes that dollar.
"Issue" - (1)(n) - A feel-good euphemism used by Microsoft ...
"Known Issue" - (1)(n) - A feel-good euphemism used by Microsoft...
"Beta Release" - (1)(n) - Any shrink-wrapped Microsoft product available
for retail purchase or sold to PC manufacturers for inclusion on new
PCs...
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"Text processing has made it possible to right-justify any idea, even
one which cannot be justified on any other grounds."
-- J. Finnegan, USC.
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