Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 14:18:33 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Eric Wayte <ewayte@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu> Cc: Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays@statcan.ca>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: O'Reilly article: Whence the Source: Untangling the Open Source/Free Software Debate Message-ID: <4.1.19990311141549.040dcef0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SV4.3.96.990311160426.22137C-100000@pegasus.cc.ucf.ed u> References: <4.1.19990311122850.03ec4650@localhost>
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Looks like Microsoft is developing an entire package of products with scatalogical names: Microsoft Turd, Microsoft Outhouse, Microsoft PowerPuke, Microsoft Internal Explorer. They're probably part of a suite called (get ready to groan!)... Orifice 2000. Sorry, couldn't resist. --Brett At 04:05 PM 3/11/99 -0500, Eric Wayte wrote: >For years, I've referred to their document processing product as >"Microsoft Turd." > >NT - Not Today, Not Tomorrow, No Thanks! > >Eric Wayte >Database Administrator >University of Central Florida >ewayte@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu > > >On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, Brett Glass wrote: > >> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 12:29:34 -0700 >> From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> >> To: Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays@statcan.ca> >> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG >> Subject: Re: O'Reilly article: Whence the Source: Untangling the Open >Source/Free Software Debate >> >> At 01:23 PM 3/11/99 -0500, Mike Jeays wrote: >> >> >switching to Outlook, and me waving around a copy of "Outlook >> >Annoyances" >> >(377 pages, ISBN 1-56592-384-7) is not making me many friends in some >> >quarters. >> >> A developer in my area -- one who uses Microsoft tools in some of his >> products, in fact, refers to it as "Microsoft Outhouse (tm)." ;-) >> >> --Brett >> >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message >> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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