[1429] in Humor
HUMOR: Unfair, mean and inconsiderate Rant o' the Day
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (abennett@MIT.EDU)
Tue May 7 14:38:03 1996
From: <abennett@MIT.EDU>
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 07 May 1996 14:23:04 EDT
...but that doesn't mean that it isn't funny...
-Drew
Date: Tue, 7 May 1996 14:21:51 -0500
From: mabehr@MIT.EDU (Michael Behr)
>>Forwarded-By: mohan@nova (Mohan Srinivasan)
>>
>> For the first time in, oh, a decade, I think, something from Microsoft
>> shipped on time: Jennifer Katharine Gates, weighed 8 pounds 6 ounces
>> when she was downloaded, er, born on Friday, April 26 at 6:11 p.m.
>>
>> And what do Baby Gates and Daddy's products have in common?
>>
>> 1. Neither can stand on its own two feet without a LOT of third-party
>> support.
>>
>> 2. Both barf all over themselves _regularly_.
>>
>> 3. Regardless of the problem, calling Microsoft Tech Support won't
>> help.
>>
>> 4. As they mature, we pray that they will be better than that which
>> preceeded them.
>>
>> 5. At first release they're relatively compact, but they seem to grow
>> and grow and grow with each passing year.
>>
>> 6. Although announced with great fanfare, pretty much anyone could
>> have produced one.
>>
>> 7. They arrive in shaky condition with inadequate documentation.
>>
>> 8. No matter what, it takes several months between the announcement
>> and the actual release.
>>
>> 9. Bill gets the credit, but someone else did most of the work.
>>
>> 10. For at least the next year, they'll suck.
>>
