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microsoftish 

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.
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!
microsoftish by redsquirrel1 January 20, 2011
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Microsoftie 

I thought James was going to take the job with Sony, but he chose to be a Microsoftie instead.
Microsoftie by hadal September 12, 2004

Microsoftian 

A 'Microsoftian' view is one that only supports what is already desired; disingenuous and pretentious at the same time.

Can be applied outside Microsoft discussions.

Slang, offensive.

See also 'formwhoring'.
"Please select which program you use for office documents:
A Microsoft Office 2000
B Microsoft Office 97
C Microsoft Office Pro
D Microsoft ...
E Microsoft ...
F Microsoft ...
G Microsoft ..."

('Microsoftian' in that you can only choose 'Microsoft' from the list. This list does not allow users to select 'Star Office', 'Open Office', 'Applixware', etc., all of which are office software suites that are in current use but are also NOT Microsoft software.)

And

"He said he wanted Chinese take out, but his Microsoftian demeanor during discussions left us no choice but to get italian take-out."
Microsoftian by mmmna September 21, 2007

Microsoftie 

M$ Fan boy, always states that M$ are the best and cant be beaten
Guy1: PS2 and GC SUCK! XBOX ROOLS!
Guy2: YA MUM!
Microsoftie by Arkz September 12, 2004

microsofting 

Stealing something or someone to benefit your project or event and to cause distress to another team, person, or company.
Man 1: DT Studios stole Kyle from Phantom Studios because they didn't want him on their team.
Man 2: Really? DTS made the right call microsofting him! Kyle is a great worker.
microsofting by AerHx September 24, 2014

Microsoftize

A global or transnational corporation that desires/attempts to monopolize the global market, outsource valuable jobs to economically lesser developed regions/countries, and obliterate competitors within the same business sector. The prefix "micro-" is misleading, as Microsoft is not by any means a small corporation.
Microsoft Corporation has often attempted to Microsoftize the global market through their computer services, especially in the United States. As a result, several antitrust lawsuits have been filed against the multi-billion dollar corporation.
Microsoftize by SnoopAYBE January 12, 2005

Microsoftie 

It's what Bill Gates has when he gets out of bed in the morning!
See: Small Penis

Bills Wife: God Bill thats a Microsoftie I see there!

Bill: I'm working on a program in C++ to increase the size.
Microsoftie by Derick Knobcheese September 15, 2004