Microsoft Responds to DOT Ban on Vista, Office, IE 218
roscoetoon writes "From the blog of Mary Jo Foley: What's Microsoft's response to the DOT's charges? A corporate spokeswoman sent this statement, via e-mail: (caution: microbrain double-speak ahead) ... "We respect the customer's decision. As with any of our other Federal customers, it's our job to help DOT maximize the value of its Enterprise Agreement through the adoption of our technology. We are engaged with large, strategic customers across government at every level, and are working closely with them on these products through their participation in our Technical Adoption Programs.""
Watch out (Score:5, Funny)
Buzzword Bingo (Score:4, Funny)
Um, Mrs. Foley? Bingo, ma'am.
with apologies to Scott Adams
Re:Dramatic improvements? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Watch out (Score:4, Funny)
-We're going to make them an offer they can't refuse.
-Once you join the family, you can never leave.
Funny... (Score:5, Funny)
Allow or Deny... (Score:2, Funny)
Allow or Deny?
That, I guess is the new 'Abort, Retry or Fail?'.
Re:Well... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Well... (Score:3, Funny)
In other words... (Score:5, Funny)
We are Microsoft. Lower your Firewalls and surrender your systems. We will add your cultural and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your IT departments will adapt to service us.
Resistance is futile.
Re:Allow or Deny... (Score:2, Funny)
'Abortion, Retch, or Vomit?'
'AAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUGGGGGHHH!!'
Red Dawn for the DOT (Score:2, Funny)
In Soviet Russia Enterprise Agreement maximize the value of tap on you.
8:44 A.M. A full scale corporate invasion by foreign applications begins. Total surprise. Almost total success. A gang of PR suits become the last line of defense.
Reading Microsoft's reply... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:In other words... (Score:5, Funny)
"I have maximized the value of our Enterprise Agreement. Pray I do not maximize it further."
Re:Well... (Score:4, Funny)
Did I mention Novell and GPLv3 recently?
That should keep you busy for a while.
Re:Really? (Score:5, Funny)
"We are The Borg, you will comply." It's right there in between the lines.
Re:In other words... (Score:2, Funny)
"Attention! This is Lando Calrissian, Microsoft has taken control of the city. I advise everyone to leave the city before more copies of Vista arrive."
Re:Astroturf? (Score:3, Funny)
> billboards are everywhere. Even in their home court, Microsoft is playing Defence in this quarter.
I don't understand why. Microsoft could stick up billboards calling me all sorts of nasty names and my next laptop will be Vista anyway. Maybe they think a hundred Seattle-based corporate buyers are going to arrive at work and mistakenly order Linux? "Sorry Boss, I didn't see any billboards this morning so I forgot the name of Microsoft's Flagship Product". If any Yes-men are reading this give Bill a good shoulder rub and remind him he won. Billboards for Microsoft are like Billboards for the Chinese Communist Party. "Who do you want to vote for today?"
> Since the modding is definatley pro-MS on
Even the devil deserves an easy day now and then.
Re:Well... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Dramatic improvements? (Score:1, Funny)
Vista: You want to move a portal's location, Cancel or allow?
UAC Scientist: Allow, damnit!
Vista: Incoming material from coordinates 666,666,666. Cancel or allow?
UAC Scientist: Allow, for the love of-- Oh, shit.