Sentiment that has risen in the computer geek community that opposes hard work, perseverance, and good old fashioned capitalist competition.
While open source is a completely valid direction to go with computing, certain agoraphobic uber-geeks (usually 35 y/o morbidly obese virgins who live on cheetos, kid porn, and battlestar gallactica) resent Bill Gates and his company for their colossal success over the past couple decades. Their animosity likely arises from the fact that they have never done anything useful in their entire lives, despite being very skilled on computers, so they turn their ill-will toward someone who they wish they could become.
Similar to anti-apple.
While open source is a completely valid direction to go with computing, certain agoraphobic uber-geeks (usually 35 y/o morbidly obese virgins who live on cheetos, kid porn, and battlestar gallactica) resent Bill Gates and his company for their colossal success over the past couple decades. Their animosity likely arises from the fact that they have never done anything useful in their entire lives, despite being very skilled on computers, so they turn their ill-will toward someone who they wish they could become.
Similar to anti-apple.
Human: Hey Frotto, check out my new Zune. It's 20 GB!
Douche: Oh sorry, I'm anti-microsoft. Therefore, I won't even look at it.
Human: Uh. Ok. By the way, I was supposed to remind you to call your mom and ask her to bring home cupcakes for your 38th birthday.. you know since you still live with her.
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Loser: I just spent 34 hours straight compiling and sourcing to get my messaging application to work on Fedora.
Dude: That sounds... fun... Damn, I gotta take 30 seconds and register my new Windows 7.
Loser: You're a sheep! Fuck Microsoft! There always trying to control everything! Trying to monopolize and categorize everything and everyone. Fuck them! I don't live by anyone else's rules! Except my own!
Douche: Oh sorry, I'm anti-microsoft. Therefore, I won't even look at it.
Human: Uh. Ok. By the way, I was supposed to remind you to call your mom and ask her to bring home cupcakes for your 38th birthday.. you know since you still live with her.
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Loser: I just spent 34 hours straight compiling and sourcing to get my messaging application to work on Fedora.
Dude: That sounds... fun... Damn, I gotta take 30 seconds and register my new Windows 7.
Loser: You're a sheep! Fuck Microsoft! There always trying to control everything! Trying to monopolize and categorize everything and everyone. Fuck them! I don't live by anyone else's rules! Except my own!
by knucklech1ld July 29, 2009
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that took forever to load, boot up or initiate a program.
that took forever to load, boot up or initiate a program.
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"Steve Jobs: Did you name your company after your dick?
Bill Gates: Yeah, Microsoft, just like your tumor in 2009 Steve.."
Bill Gates: Yeah, Microsoft, just like your tumor in 2009 Steve.."
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Get the Microsoft mug.Browser released by Microsoft in 2015 to replace Internet Explorer in Windows 10. Used the proprietary EdgeHTML rendering engine (which was a fork of MSHTML from IE) to render pages faster than IE and was more compatible with HTML5 standards than the MSHTML rendering used in IE.
In 2018, Microsoft started developing codename "Anaheim", the successor to Edge, which they didn't even try to make. This new version copied code from Google Chromium (open-source version of Chrome) and CEO Satya Nadella said that was because "the product needed to be better and pushed for replacing its in-house rendering engine with an open source one." In 2019 and 2020, Chromium Edge was rolled out in beta testing and was marketed heavily towards the end of 2020 and into 2021 (popup advertising Microsoft Edge, no close button, only "Get started"). As of today, Microsoft is yet to surpass Chrome in browser market share (Chrome: 63%, Edge: 10%)
In 2018, Microsoft started developing codename "Anaheim", the successor to Edge, which they didn't even try to make. This new version copied code from Google Chromium (open-source version of Chrome) and CEO Satya Nadella said that was because "the product needed to be better and pushed for replacing its in-house rendering engine with an open source one." In 2019 and 2020, Chromium Edge was rolled out in beta testing and was marketed heavily towards the end of 2020 and into 2021 (popup advertising Microsoft Edge, no close button, only "Get started"). As of today, Microsoft is yet to surpass Chrome in browser market share (Chrome: 63%, Edge: 10%)
Bro I just used Microsoft Edge to download Chrome 57% faster than IE, even though I WERE ALREADY USING CHROME IN SOME FORM
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Get the Microsoft mug.Noun - To Microsoft - a synonym for rebooting. The word came about as a result of the main way to fix a Microsoft Operating System, which was to simply turn off the operating system and start it anew. This was quite common when the famous blue screen of death (BSOD) showed up on a computer.
The computer locked up, so he microsofted it.
Johnny microsofted the computer in order to get it operational again.
Johnny microsofted the computer in order to get it operational again.
by Cyric297 January 16, 2009
Get the Microsoft mug.An organization, or company that is known to use dirty tactics to make even more profit then their already ridiculous figures. Some of these tactics can be seen as evil, or simply dirty. It is not to be confused with illegal, as these organizations will make sure that what they do is legal, but just "micro" "soft" to customers.
One common tactic is to price gouge, or hide clauses to make customers pay more after they've already paid. This is very common with software licensing companies.
One common tactic is to price gouge, or hide clauses to make customers pay more after they've already paid. This is very common with software licensing companies.
I already paid 10k for this software, but now they want me to pay another 1k per computer just so the client portion can work? That's so microsoftish!
by redsquirrel1 January 20, 2011
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