From: NetSurfer (netsurf@pixi.com)
Date: Mon Dec 30 1996 - 23:17:28 MST
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From: Richard Brodie <RBrodie@brodietech.com>
To: 'extropians@extropy.org'
Subject: Hating Microsoft (was: Rejuvenation of Apple)
Date: Monday, December 30, 1996 10:19 AM
Max More wrote:
>I think the term "MicroSloth" though perhaps emotionally satisfying to
>some,
>is truly absurd. If *any* company is the opposite of slothful it's
>Microsoft. And if there is anything Gates and company value more than
>effort, it's high intelligence.
There are also those of us who hold MS in high regard and use the terms
(microsloth/microserf) in friendly humorous intent - they've made it
possible to turn out Int[er,ra]networking apps & sites significantly faster
and cheaper.
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