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Microsoft: The Faint Smell of Rot

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the could-happen dept.

happycorp writes "A business reporter for ABC/Fortune is asking whether Microsoft is poised to collapse, based on years of industry observation (with successful calls in the past, he notes) rather than purely technical considerations. A short read, with this favorite quote: "if you sniff the air, you can just make out the first hints of rot.""

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  1. MS is dying? by tool462 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I won't believe it until Netcraft confirms it.

  2. root by Swedentom · · Score: 5, Funny

    "The faint smell of root" :-D

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    1. Re:root by Swedentom · · Score: 3, Funny

      No, I mean to imply I have root access to their servers, and they're indeed going to collapse, from the inside and out.

      rm -rf /

      Haha, they're going down! No wait... root? This can't be Microsoft's server, it's UNIX? Uh-oh... no... NOO!

      [Connection lost]

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  3. Smell of rot by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sorry. That was me.

  4. Sure fire way to make MS fail by DuctTape · · Score: 5, Funny
    I have the sure-fire way to make Microsoft fail: I'll invest in it. My history with investments is legend: Iomega, Syquest, Alcatel, to name some.

    As soon as the market opens on Monday, I'll buy a few hundred shares, and watch the tumble.

    Get out while you can.

    DT

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    1. Re:Sure fire way to make MS fail by targo · · Score: 4, Funny

      I have the sure-fire way to make Microsoft fail: I'll invest in it. My history with investments is legend: Iomega, Syquest, Alcatel, to name some.

      There was a joke in Communist Poland a while ago.
      An old jew has 1000 zlotys (Polish currency). A guy from the local savings bank advises that he should put it in the bank.
      - But what if the bank goes bankrupt? the jew asks
      - The savings in the bank are guaranteed buy the Polish state!
      - But what if the state goes bankrupt?
      - Then your savings would be guaranteed by the whole league of Socialist nations, led by Soviet Union!
      - But what if the Soviet Union goes bankrupt?
      - Well, would you really be sorry to sacrifice 1000 zlotys for that?

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  5. Not a problem, really by eclectro · · Score: 4, Funny

    Microsoft will just buy Glade, the company that makes plug-in air fresheners.

    Your computer will emit a little wisp of air freshener the mext time you smell a hint of rot.

    You will actually look forward to seeing Clippy...

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  6. Re:You could have said this... by rsborg · · Score: 3, Funny
    ...about the Roman Empire in the time of Julius Caesar. But it took several hundert years until it collapsed.

    I wouldn't neccessarily compare Steve "MonkeyDance" Ballmer with Julius Ceaser. Maybe more like Nero or Caligula...

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  7. I smell something different... by Alakaboo · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you sniff the air, you can just make out the first hints of sensationalistic journalism.

  8. Re:Uh huh by blixel · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let me ask you, when someone comes up to you and says "I work at Microsoft" , what is your first reaction?

    I'm sorry.

  9. Reminds me an old Soviet joke by Sleeper · · Score: 4, Funny

    Q: Is it true that capitalism is rotting away?
    A: Yes. But what an aroma!!!

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  10. mass hysteria! by dpilot · · Score: 3, Funny

    I believe you mean, "GNU/Linux on every desktop!" don't you?

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