Optima, new ms operating system?

[stoofa]

slightly O/T...minor rant - not aimed at you bodybag, just generally:

Why do people use a $ instead of S when referring to Microsoft? Is it because you need to spend money to buy operating systems and other pieces of software they developed?

And using the $, very cleverly and subtly puts it across that you disagree with their business model and profit making tactics and sit with the camp that always grumbles about how much money Mr Gates has and that all the software the company has developed is useless and is rubbish?

Or is there something more worthwhile that causes you to deliberately put a $ instead of an S?

</rant>

For some reason people find it funny to write:
M$
Micro$oft
Microshaft

You can almost hear the giggling as people type this in.
I don't know if it was ever original or funny to use any of those - I guess the very first person to do so was at least being original.
Personally I find that they show just a general level of maturity where I'd rather not get into a discussion with somebody.
Mainly because they are probably the same people who will make a post and then "put their fingers in their ears" with regards listening to responses because what they have said is gospel and no matter what you have to say it doesn't matter.

 

[chesterstu]

I thought they were terms used on pirate sites to make it look like they werent talking about MS products. Although, the general IQ of people who use these terms does appear to be very low.

 

[bfar]

Do you think Vista is the end all of M$...O/S?......

Of course not. Doesn't mean they're breeding OS's like rabbits...

Do you think M$ is not working on a superior O/S now...
Do you think AMD/ATI/Nvidia/Intel are working on software/hardware years ahead?

Of course they are, its called research & developement. That doesn't mean they have fully working products sitting on the shelves waiting until the time is right. Christ, they can't even get their current products functioning in some cases

Do you reakon a Processor/GPU/OS is born and us(consumers) have it within weeks/days/months.....

Yes! As soon as it's ready for production. They are trying to make money by selling them. It's in their interest.
You make business sound like a conspiricy!