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Five Ways Microsoft Could Change After Gates

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the stuff-to-talk-about dept.

Might Squirrel noted a perfectly mediocre story to chat about on a boring post-holiday weekend Monday. This one is a look at 5 ways Microsoft could change after Gates. From accepting Open Source to serious interoperability work, there are definitely 5 things on that list there. Nothing about my solid gold rocket car.

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  1. 5 ways by tom17 · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. It could get much worse
    2. It could get worse
    3. It could stay the same
    4. It could get better
    5. It could get much better

    1. Re:5 ways by L4t3r4lu5 · · Score: 5, Funny

      6. CowboyNeal.

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    2. Re:5 ways by capnkr · · Score: 4, Funny

      And the one thing that won't change:

      6. Profit

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  2. Slashdot in 'not as good as it used to be' shock by Harold+Halloway · · Score: 5, Funny

    So Slashdot is now posting 'perfectly mediocre' stories? Come back Roland, all is forgiven.

  3. Open source Windows Vista? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    And kill linux and OSX at the same time...

    1. Re:Open source Windows Vista? by Alex+Pennace · · Score: 3, Funny

      And the Internet, too, if everyone grabs the Vista .tar.gz.

  4. Re:Slashdot in 'not as good as it used to be' shoc by ghoti · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, it seems Taco is having a bit of an identity crisis. Either that, or he's just grumpy about having to work at such an ungodly early hour.

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  5. change by mark72005 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "are you sure you want to change Microsoft?" (confirm) (cancel)

    "are you really sure you want to change Microsoft? Like sure, sure?"
    (confirm) (cancel)

    "performing this action can be dangerous, are you sure?"
    (confirm) (cancel)

    "ok really this time...