Microsoft is not a true monopoly (although it likes to act like one) because competitors still exist in the OS market, and also for its other markets such as browsers, email clients, word processors, etc.
And we’ve already discussed Microsoft vs Linux and Mac. As I 'won' that debate, I hereby declare myself the automatic winner of this reheat of the topic. So the new topic is.... what?! you don't agree that I automatically win?? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />
In the meantime, here’s some Bill Gates and Microsoft jokes:
Microsoft Light Bulb Joke
Q: How many Bill Gateses does it take to change a light bulb? A: One. He puts the bulb in and lets the world revolve around him.
When Bill Gates Meets St Peter
Bill Gates dies and meets St Peter at the Pearly Gates (no pun intended). St Peter gives him a choice of Heaven or Hell and gives him a chance to check out each.
Bill walks up to Heaven; lots of clouds and hymns - all a bit boring. He then pops down to check out Hell; it looks great - bikini-clad girls running around a beach playing volleyball. Bill tells St Peter that he will choose Hell.
A few weeks later, St Peter drops in to see how Bill is going in Hell. Bill is in a terrible state - third degree burns to his back, jabmarks on his butt, his hair all burnt off. He wails to St Peter, "you conned me; where are all the girls, the beach and the volleyball?"
St Peter replies "Oh, that was just the demo version".
Bill Gates and Divine Brown
After the Hugh Grant/Divine Brown incident that made the papers, Bill Gates called up Hugh Grant. Bill asked him "Was it really worth $50 to almost ruin your career?" Hugh replied "Bill, actually it was worth a million".
So Bill called up Hughes' favourite prostitute, but since she became so famous, her prices had gone up quite a bit. So Bill paid $10,000 for a night with Divine. In the morning he said, "That was fantastic! Now I know why professionally you call yourself 'Divine'".
She answered "Thank you, and now I know why you call your company Microsoft." <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
