blastus
October 9th, 2005, 10:35 PM
Just for fun, I thought I would create a dictionary that attempts to define some terms and phrases Microsoft sometimes uses. :)
Facts: A convenient set of fictions that are biased in Microsoft's favor.
Innovation: The right for Microsoft to do anything including violating national and international antitrust laws.
Assimilation: Same as innovation.
Free and Open Source Software: Something that stifles innovation.
Antitrust: The opposite of innovation.
Anticompetitive: There is no such word.
Free Markets: Any market that Microsoft controls.
Ecosystem: Any environment that runs multiple products. "Healthy Ecosystem"; Any environment that exclusively runs Microsoft products.
Indemnification: A concept used to create the illusion of impending and inevitable mysterous lawsuits against anyone who does not use Microsoft products.
Open Standard/Format: Anything standard or format that Microsoft says is open. These include all standards and formats Microsoft has ever created.
Locked-in Standard/Format: Any standard or format that Microsoft does not control.
Proprietary Standard/Format: There is no such word.
Enhancement: A new standard/format that Microsoft defines. See "Open Standard/Format."
Integration: Binding Microsoft products to other Microsoft products and/or Windows such that they cannot be separated.
Vendor lock-in: There is no such word.
Secure: Any product or service that Microsoft creates or patches.
Insecure: The opposite of secure; any product or service that Microsoft has neither created nor patched.
Freedom of Choice: Having the right to choose as long as you choose Microsoft.
Facts: A convenient set of fictions that are biased in Microsoft's favor.
Innovation: The right for Microsoft to do anything including violating national and international antitrust laws.
Assimilation: Same as innovation.
Free and Open Source Software: Something that stifles innovation.
Antitrust: The opposite of innovation.
Anticompetitive: There is no such word.
Free Markets: Any market that Microsoft controls.
Ecosystem: Any environment that runs multiple products. "Healthy Ecosystem"; Any environment that exclusively runs Microsoft products.
Indemnification: A concept used to create the illusion of impending and inevitable mysterous lawsuits against anyone who does not use Microsoft products.
Open Standard/Format: Anything standard or format that Microsoft says is open. These include all standards and formats Microsoft has ever created.
Locked-in Standard/Format: Any standard or format that Microsoft does not control.
Proprietary Standard/Format: There is no such word.
Enhancement: A new standard/format that Microsoft defines. See "Open Standard/Format."
Integration: Binding Microsoft products to other Microsoft products and/or Windows such that they cannot be separated.
Vendor lock-in: There is no such word.
Secure: Any product or service that Microsoft creates or patches.
Insecure: The opposite of secure; any product or service that Microsoft has neither created nor patched.
Freedom of Choice: Having the right to choose as long as you choose Microsoft.