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Hehe, this reminds me of 30 years ago when people used to stylise it as Micro$oft or creatively misspell it as Microshaft, etc. Even on the Amiga, there was the
by ralferoo 8mo ago
Hehe, this reminds me of 30 years ago when people used to stylise it as Micro$oft or creatively misspell it as Microshaft, etc. Even on the Amiga, there was the filesystem that could read PC format disks that was called MessyDos. It just seems like the next generation has discovered what an easy name it is to make puns from.
- st_goliath 8mo agoIf you're German-speaking: "Klopilot" and "Vibrierkot" are some modern day personal favorites. On a similar, nostalgic note, I recall boot screens for "Sinnlos 98" floating around, back when modifying the bootup logo was a thing.
- adornKey 8mo ago"Der Ätsch-Browser".
- aleph_minus_one 8mo agoRelevant cultural context from Germany: In Germany, there exists a popular children's game named "Das verrückte Labyrinth" (in English it's simply named "Labyrinth": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labyrinth_(board_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labyrinth_(board_game) ). When you get a corner-shaped card (in German: "Eckkarte") > https://boardgamegeek.com/image/155268/labyrinth https://boardgamegeek.com/image/155268/labyrinth from the turn of the previous player, your intended move will typically be more complicated to visualize (at least for children) - this is what this game is about - so children tended to name a "Eckkarte" an "Ätschkarte".
- adornKey 7mo agoMaybe that game exists, but it's an old word and you can find references for it that are hundreds of years old. Its meaning fits to the browser. Your statement that it's just some kind of reference to some special game is not correct.
- AndyPa32 8mo agoThere are regions in Germany (Hessen) where "Azure" is pronounced the exact same way as "Ärger" (trouble). Makes you think...
- croes 8mo agoDon’t forget Kleinweich
- Schaulustiger 7mo agoI thought we preferred the alliteration "Winzigweich".
- froh42 8mo agoOk, Vibrierkot is something for the German shitpost communities with all my Zuhausis im Zwischennetz.
- defjm 8mo agoYou made me laugh, thanks.
- p0w3n3d 8mo agoAs a Polish man I love Klopilot <3
- lowdownbutter 8mo agoMaybe you can explain it for we non German speakers.
- nitros 8mo agoKlopilot: Klo ~ Toilet Vibrierkot: Kot ~ Faeces
- vedaba 8mo agoWhat is "Vibrierkot" supposed to sound like?
- bluefirebrand 8mo agoProbably 'vibe code'?
- vedaba 8mo agoNow I see it... Needed morning coffee to kick in
- PunchyHamster 8mo ago> Klopilot funnily enough works just fine in Polish
- pndy 8mo agoNothing beats małomiękki
- Fnoord 8mo agoWinamp, by Nullsoft.
- majewsky 8mo ago> Klopilot I like "Copy-lot".
- fluoridation 8mo agoDon't forget Windoze.
- ddtaylor 8mo agoDon't forget Winblows
- lelanthran 8mo agoAnother oldie "If you play the Win98 CD backwards, it summons Satan. It's worse when you play it forwards - it installs Windows" Ah, good times... :-)
- jackdoe 8mo agoI had to reinstall win98 so many times I still remember the pirate key k4hvdq9tj96crx9c9g68rq2d3 by heart good times :)
- ValentineC 8mo agoI guess I was more of the FCKGW generation. :)
- Tade0 8mo agoAh, FuCK Gates, William. I think there were at least three other commonly used codes, but this one was by far the most popular.
- mghackerlady 8mo agoI'm pretty sure 000-0000000 worked (at least on windows 95)
- bitwize 8mo agoFuCKinG Windows
- pjmlp 8mo agoI used to have a M$ email signature 30 years ago, and pay, nowaydays I mostly use Windows on my laptop, because I am not willing to pay Apple prices even though I can afford them, and even last year I was dealing with GNU/Linux installation issues on a Gigabyte BRIX.
- riffraff 8mo agoLast week on a comedy show (the daily show) they made a joke about bill gates "micro and soft" which was old in the 90s already, so I can confirm this is the case.
- dylan604 8mo agoI think this was 100% justifiable use. If the founder of the company is going to be hanging out with pedophiles and sex traffickers, then micro and soft jokes are open season. All of his philanthropic adventures will never wipe his stain clean.
- mikkupikku 8mo agoI've always said it was in bad taste for Bill Gates to name the company after his johnson.
- matheusmoreira 7mo agoSo... Just how old is that joke? https://youtu.be/njos57IJf-0 https://youtu.be/njos57IJf-0 I've gotta bring up some BASIC shit Why'd you name your company after your dick?
- henriquecm8 8mo agoIn Brazil people used to say "Ruindows", which is a play with the portuguese word for bad.
- Rooster61 8mo agoCocô-pilot would work here
- wasting_time 8mo agoMS-DOS itself is derived from QDOS, which stands for "Quick and Dirty Operating System". Things only went downhill from there.
- intothemild 8mo agoMicroscope Winblows
- Andrex 8mo agoI was partial to Micro$haft.
- wincy 8mo agoOrgs have had sensitive skin like this for a long time. Gamespy was a service for launching and playing multiplayer games with lobbies before Steam, and if you “accidentally” typed “GaySpy” (it was the early 2000s) it would autocorrect to “GameSpy” by the time it appeared in your messages.
- zrm 8mo agohttps://xkcd.com/2015/ https://xkcd.com/2015/
- dec0dedab0de 8mo agoI used M$ at work the other day by accident, I was like ooh wait this isn't turn of the century slashdot.
- bombcar 8mo agoFrom my parent's home in Wyoming I stab at thee! https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2002/07/22/m https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2002/07/22/m
- Anthony-G 8mo agoI find it interesting to go back in time so I read the accompanying article and came across this snippet: > despite the computing apocalypse that Windows XP's Product Activation features were supposed to ignite, I've never had the first problem with it At the time, I remember a lot of scare stories about how the Product Activation system in Windows XP would result in the death of user freedom. It didn’t effect me because I was using GNU/Linux (probably Mandrake or Mandriva Linux). When I later got a job in an office that ran Windows XP, I don’t remember XP causing any more headaches than any of its predecessors. If anything, it was even more stable than 2000 which itself was superior to 95, 98 or 98SE. I also fully agree with the last sentence: > I do think it's clear that the way we use our computers totally pisses off gigantic, wealthy companies of all stripes, and it was only a matter of time until they tried to do something about it.
- bombcar 8mo agoPart of it was that Microsoft was really more concerned with distributors selling computers with pirated copies of Windows, and they basically would activate anything if you were willing to call. I remember doing it a few times for the "OEM" Windows XP which was cheaper but not supposed to migrate to new machines.
- Anthony-G 8mo agoThanks for that bit of background. That make sense. I used to think that MS were probably happy with a certain amount of “piracy” (students, voluntary groups, people starting off as self-employed contractors, etc.) because it kept people in their ecosystem (using MS Office and other Windows-only software), helped reinforce the perception of Windows as being the OS for getting stuff done (either work or games) and some of these “pirates” would become future (paying) customers.
- ToucanLoucan 8mo agoBeen in this industry since I graduated college, I have never stopped using Micro$oft or Microshaft. Also a fan of M$, Winblows… Thank goodness their employees have time to crack down on people making fun of them on fucking Discord. That should definitely be the priority of a multi-trillion dollar software company, is making sure your users aren’t mocking you. We don’t need a taskbar that works reliably or anything.
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- bitwize 8mo agoMy favorite nickname for MS-DOS is "Domestos" (pronounced /də ˈmɛs ˌtɒs/) which is a brand of bathroom cleanee from the UK.
- 2b3a51 8mo agoKeep the windows open when using Vim on a Domes-Tos system. [Domestos is a brand name for bleach, and Vim is a scouring powder that was popular decades ago]
- robotnikman 8mo agoI'm starting to use Micro$lop now
- BrtByte 8mo agoEvery dominant tech company eventually gets the nickname treatment
- athenot 8mo agoOne of my favorites being Micros~1, in reference to how Windows had to mangle file names for DOS's 8+3 character limit.
- Group_B 8mo agodefinitely the nerdiest one hahaha
- shaan7 8mo agoThat and PROGRA~1 brings back memories.
- troad 7mo agoIf I recall correctly, this was especially common around the time of the antitrust trial, with the possibility of Microsoft being split into a Micros~1 and Micros~2. I remember it being used in speculative discussions around which units might end up where.
- Lammy 8mo ago“i'll spell it MICRO$LOTH WINBLOWS in a DELICIOUS TWIST” https://leisuretown.com/library/qac/25.jpg https://leisuretown.com/library/qac/25.jpg
- ajxs 8mo agoI actually still have one of these shirts in a box somewhere: https://www.kmfms.com https://www.kmfms.com
- matheusmoreira 7mo agoI remember one meme image that contained a bar chart where the X axis had Gahnoo Linux and Migrosoft Wendys and the Y axis was just labeled "good". Gahnoo Linux maxed out the good while Migrosoft Wendys bottomed out.
- cirelli94 7mo agoAs an italian, I like Winzoz, a fusion between Windows and "zozzeria", filth.
- retrochameleon 7mo agoI usually upgrade that to Micro$hit
- tonoto 7mo agoIt amazes me that 2026 corporations still choose MS Windows as their base for operations.. together with the Mordor 365 as the mail platform.
- Cyphase 7mo agoIn a world without walls or fences, who needs Windows or Gates?