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(thing) by blaaf (7.3 mon) (print) ? (I like it!) Sat Feb 12 2000 at 5:57:50

A derogatory name for Microsoft, like Micro$oft, satirizing it as a profiteering corporate giant.

(idea) by Jargon (1.8 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Thu Jul 19 2001 at 12:07:55

Common net abbreviation for Microsoft, everybody's least favorite monopoly.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

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