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On Thu, 2006-13-04 at 10:52 -0700, Gary W. Swearingen wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Most Linux users prefer "M$" or "the Vole", but MSFT is the stock </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> exchange symbol.</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">I've never seen "the Vole", but, yeah, my use of "M$" drew too many</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">complaints about Childishness, etc., so I switched to the Big Boys'</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">stock market symbol which still _kinda_ makes my point that MSFT has</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">always been about money and not about innovation, blah, blah.</FONT>
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Why not just use the name "Microsoft" or the well-known abbreviation "MS"? That way you won't find yourself having to explain what you mean constantly. After all a point that you have to explain loses all of its impact.<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Maybe someone could explain "the Vole"?</FONT>
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It's another childish "commentary". From Wikipedia: "<B>VoleWare</B> is a term used in the Internet IT commentary websites such as <A HREF="http://www.theinquirer.net">The Inquirer</A> to describe hidden tools in Microsoft software which provide intelligence back to Microsoft. <A HREF="http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Bill+Gates&curtab=2222_1">Bill Gates</A>, co-founder, chairman, and chief software architect of <A HREF="http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Microsoft&curtab=2222_1">Microsoft</A><A HREF="http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Microsoft&curtab=2222_1">Corporation</A> is known as The Vole in the same circles."<BR>
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