Microsoft-Inspired Phrases

(Contributed to Humorix)

Patch-22: An endless cycle of releasing patches to fix bugs, that cause more bugs, that require more patches.

The Hair of the Dogfood that Bit Me: When you force your employees to use the same shabby products you sell to others.

You Windows Some, You Lose Some: Grouping disparate products under a common title, like "Windows Powered," in the hope that customers won't know which base technology to blame for poor performance.

BIMBY (Buried in My Backyard): A truely stupid piece of software, like Bob, that you never want anyone to see again.

Act Like a Little Billby: When you order the dumping a popular product, like Visual J++, because you don't want to answer to someone else's contractual rules.

Stuck in Net-tral: Waiting for an Internet company to do something innovative, so you can buy it.

Just Off the Bloat: The release of another gigabyte-sized product, like Office.

A Pain in the Net: The supreme effort involved in keeping a Web site running with a system like Windows NT.

Op'd a Feel: The process of grabbing the best features from another operating system and trying to cram them into yours.

Buggy Wuggy: A form of dance wherein you skip around saying the word "bug," instead you always say "issue."

That's Where I Draw the Linux: Refusing to cooperate with the open source movement because you might lose your overpriced tech support income.

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