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Miscellaneous => The Lounge => Topic started by: dishawjp on 12 December 2002, 23:57

Title: How did M$ get my name?????
Post by: dishawjp on 12 December 2002, 23:57
Hi All,

I can't believe the piece of crap literature I just got from my good friends at Microsoft   :D  

They're inviting *me* (at no cost) to their "Microsoft Technology Open Door Forum."  I would get breakfast and lunch and am entered in some sort of a raffle thing.  The topics are really great... things like "Business Productivity in the Digital Age," "Enterprise Project Management," ".NET Systems Strategy," "Reducing Costs through a Lean Infrastructure," and etc., ad nauseum.  I almost have half a mind to borrow my buddy's Red Hat laptop and show up   :D  

I just hope that this color brochure they sent me cost them plenty.  Hell, they even mailed it 1st class!  What a bunch of idiots.  And this wasn't directed to "occupant" or "administrator" or whatever, it has my correct name and title on it.

I bet the IT director here gave them my name as a joke... I keep telling him that I need a Linux box in my office and he's a pure Windroid.  Actually, he's a decent guy in all other respects, but a Windroid none the less.

Sorry for the stupid post, but I thought it was pretty funny.

Jim
Title: How did M$ get my name?????
Post by: Refalm on 13 December 2002, 00:12
I'd go and piss off all those moronic Microsoft ass-kissers  (http://smile.gif)
Title: How did M$ get my name?????
Post by: xyle_one on 13 December 2002, 00:22
yeah, put together a brochure about the pros of using linux over windows (since there are no cons of course) and about how dotnet threatens the web by proprietarising it. it would be fun...  :D
Title: How did M$ get my name?????
Post by: KernelPanic on 13 December 2002, 00:58
They probably bought your name and address and occupation from some other unscrupulous company.
Title: How did M$ get my name?????
Post by: pkd_lives on 13 December 2002, 01:04
Turn up and ask loads of questions, about things Linux can do but they can't. And you should turn up in a red fedora, with a Penguin on you in higly visible areas (like your T-shirt). Ask them why their TCO is lower only in reports sponsored by them.

Ask them how to completely keep a user out of the system files and still allow the comp to function properly, why there are never reports of Linux getting Virii when Windows gets clouted on a regular basis, etc..
Title: How did M$ get my name?????
Post by: voidmain on 13 December 2002, 01:18
Somebody had signed me up for that shit. And I used to get email junk mail. I sent them a message telling them "Take my name out of your fucking database and take me off of your fucking email list and snail mail list or I will take your fucking asses to court! I will burn in hell before I would use your software!!". I actually got a very nice response stating I was removed from their database and I haven't heard from them since.   (http://smile.gif)

[ December 12, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]

Title: How did M$ get my name?????
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 13 December 2002, 12:50
Don't forget to leave some of these!! (http://www.angelfire.com/mac/macrevolution/infocard.html)  :D    :D    :D
Title: How did M$ get my name?????
Post by: Calum on 13 December 2002, 13:28
i would go along and get the free scran and make a lot of noise about non-microsoft software and how much more versatile/inexpensive/generally better it is.
Title: How did M$ get my name?????
Post by: KernelPanic on 13 December 2002, 14:15
quote:
Originally posted by Calum:
i would go along and get the free scran and make a lot of noise about non-microsoft software and how much more versatile/inexpensive/generally better it is.


The day i'd eat Microsoft funded food is the day i'd die.
Title: How did M$ get my name?????
Post by: jtpenrod on 13 December 2002, 14:21
quote:
Don't forget to leave some of these!!
The third card from the bottom reads: "In a world without doors or windows, what use do we have for Windows or Gates?"  :confused:  

Ooooooooooooooppppppppppppppppppppppssssssssssss!!!!
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Title: How did M$ get my name?????
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 13 December 2002, 15:09
quote:
Originally posted by jtpenrod:
[QB]The third card from the bottom reads: "In a world without doors or windows, what use do we have for Windows or Gates?"   :confused:  

Ooooooooooooooppppppppppppppppppppppssssssssssss!!!!


Yes. And...
Title: How did M$ get my name?????
Post by: Kintaro on 13 December 2002, 15:51
Go Shopping for some clothes!
http://www.fuckmicrosoft.com/store.shtml (http://www.fuckmicrosoft.com/store.shtml)
Title: How did M$ get my name?????
Post by: Calum on 13 December 2002, 16:50
quote:
Originally posted by Tux:


The day i'd eat Microsoft funded food is the day i'd die.


do you think they want to get rid of you so much, they'd poison the food?
Title: How did M$ get my name?????
Post by: KernelPanic on 13 December 2002, 19:18
quote:
Originally posted by Calum:


do you think they want to get rid of you so much, they'd poison the food?


They're not that stupid, I would just not do it by principle.
Title: How did M$ get my name?????
Post by: Calum on 13 December 2002, 20:07
why would you die then?
Title: How did M$ get my name?????
Post by: KernelPanic on 13 December 2002, 20:32
quote:
Originally posted by Calum:
why would you die then?


I suppose what I meant was i'd sooner die than be fed by Microsoft, but I probably wasn't thinking straight when I wrote that.
Title: How did M$ get my name?????
Post by: Calum on 13 December 2002, 20:40
no, that sounds like fairly logical thinking!
Title: How did M$ get my name?????
Post by: Master of Reality on 13 December 2002, 22:42
i think he was implying that the only way they could make him eat "microsoft food" is if he was already dead. Because then he couldnt stop them.
Title: How did M$ get my name?????
Post by: dishawjp on 13 December 2002, 22:44
Hi All,

Great suggestions!  But when I went to the online store... none of the items were found!  I do have a Tux tee shirt and it just might make for an interesting day.  But on the other hand, I might go too far, get arrested or just plain end up puking their free food all over tha place.  Probably better just not to show.

Oh, the IT director here was behind it.  He knew it would get a rise out of me.  We were at a meeting this morning and he asked me if I'd gotten it. He put my name in as an administrator who might be interested in attending. Now I just need an invite like that to some local Linux function for him.  Except I'd go to that one :)

Jim
Title: How did M$ get my name?????
Post by: pkd_lives on 13 December 2002, 23:06
Man, there was a big one here (Boston) the other week. Lots of big exec types from RH and IBM were there, and there was one in NY city a month ago (I think there might be another coming up soon there).