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Satiric misspellings revisited

1 pointsby prahladyerialmost 11 years ago
Windoze(Winbloze) - A thirty-two bit extension and graphical shell to a sixteen bit patch to an eight bit operating system originally coded for a four bit microprocessor which was written by a two-bit company that can&#x27;t stand one bit of competition. Variations: &quot;$hista&quot; for Windows Vista &quot;$leven&quot; or &quot;$levin&quot; for Windows 7 &quot;XPee&quot; for Windows XP<p>Crapintosh(Crapintrash) - The Apple Macintosh, as described by a hacker who doesn&#x27;t appreciate being kept away from the real computer by the interface.<p>Microsloth: The new Evil Empire (the old one was IBM). The basic complaints are, as formerly with IBM, that (a) their system designs are horrible botches, (b) we can&#x27;t get source to fix them, and (c) they throw their weight around a lot<p>M$&#x2F;M$FT: used to emphasize the allegation that Microsoft has business practices that focus on making money rather than producing good products or looking after the end user&#x27;s needs and interests.<p>App£e: used in a similar way as Microsoft, but with the Apple company. Relates to the allegation that the company charges high prices for their products.<p>Orac£e&#x2F;£arry €££i$on: Used by critics of Oracle Corporation after they acquired Sun Microsystems and their habit of being a patent troll (used in a similar way as M$ and App£e).<p>Ru$$ia: Used in reference to perceived corruption in the country.<p>$ocialism: Critics have pointed out that the idea of socialism has been exploited for profit, by politicians, corporations and artists.<p>Source: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Satiric_misspelling

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