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software company who make/
made [DOS], MicrosoftWindows, MicrosoftOffice, MicrosoftAccess and [
InternetExplorer] as well as the [VisualStudio]
, [
VisualBasic]
, [VisualC++] and MicroSoftDeveloperNetwork development tools.
+[Microsoft Corporation | http://www.microsoft.com/] is BillGates'
software company. They
made [MS-
DOS], MicrosoftWindows, MicrosoftOffice, MicrosoftAccess,
InternetExplorer, VisualBasic, [VisualC++], VisualStudio
and the
MicroSoftDeveloperNetwork development tools. They have also sold a [UNIX] called [Xenix], but all references to this have been wiped from their WebSite
.
-As a commercial enterprise their
main sources of income have historically been selling software
, principally through the [OEM] market. Microsoft code is not released under the [GPL]
and the details
of the contracts with
[OEM] clients are usually supressed
.
+Their
main cash cows are MicrosoftWindows and MicrosoftOffice
, and to a lesser extent MicrosoftExchange
and the SQLServer. All other branches
of their product family are losing them money, but thanks to
the four aforementioned obscenely profitable products they can afford to indefinitely dominate markets where they never turn a profit. Historically they have harvested their profits from software licenses sold in bulk to
[OEM]s and large corporations under secretively protected terms. In more than a few cases these terms have been designed for heavy handed stifling of competition and have been, if not outright illegal, then at least highly questionable. MicrosoftCorporation's street address is 1 Microsoft Way. Some say that's their company slogan too
.
-Historically they have also sold
[UNIX
] in the form of
[Xenix
], but all references to this have been wiped from their
[WebSite]
.
+AddToMe: Palladium /
[DRM
] stuff.
+
+See also:
+*
[FUD
]
+* MicrosoftDirtyTricks
+*
[The Halloween Documents | http://www
.opensource.org/halloween/]
+* MicrosoftQuotes
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+AsSeenOnSlashdot, [The Microsoft Prayer | http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=67949&cid=6228940].
-You've heard of these guys. Their HeadHoncho
, BillGates
, was on Frazier
the other night. That's how big they are. Their web address
is [http://www.microsoft.com/]. Their street address is One Microsoft Way. Some even say that it's their company slogan too
.
-
-Some people summarize them
as ''Indescribable. Pure evil. Makes Cthulhu look cute and cuddly.''
-
-They do, however, provide a lot of people with a lot of jobs
, and while I believe they need to make some fundamental changes to
the way they operate, is simply ordering they be closed down, good for
the corporate world?
-
-''Well, given that a lot of the people they provide with jobs are [MarkeTroid]s, would we not be better off without 'em? ;)'' -- GreigMcGill
-
-TODO: a list of MS [FUD] links, Halloween document, DRM stuff, whatever could be interesting
. MicrosoftDirtyTricks
.
+ Our father
, who art in Redmond
+ <br> Microsoft be thy name
+ <br> Thy monopoly come
, thy will be done
+ <br> throughout
the earth as it
is in the US
.
+ <br> Give us this day, our daily license activation key
+ <br> And forgive us our bug reports
+ <br>
as we forgive our system crashes
+ <br> And lead us not into competition
+ <br> But deliver us from innovation
+ <br> For thine is the Control
, and the Power and
the Greed
+ <br> Forever
. Amen
.
-See MicrosoftQuotes for some of their wackier public statements.
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