nusratt's Journal: How & Why Microsoft Might Close Its Doors

[submitted article to slashdot editors 2004-07-15 08:02:55 UTC] John Dvorak's rationale: 'Bill Gates is reported to have told more than a few people, when asked how long he intends to run Microsoft, "Until it stops being fun." . . . How about simply shuttering the company? . . . where Microsoft can go from here . . . cutting costs to save a billion dollars . . . Do they know something we do not know? . . . wouldn't be unprecedented for a high-tech software company to just end its life cycle by closing . . . it might be possible to pay out the money to the shareholders and close the company. Just walk. . . . spinning off the Office, MSN, Xbox, and Server folks into new companies for a pot-load of cash . . . and close down everything else . . . And who would complain? Gates could get a few cheap shots in at the Justice Department while he was at it . . . Most users could coast on XP for three years if they had to . . . Microsoft would send all its OS offerings into the public domain as one last slap at Linux.'

you seem stupid

[Ex Machina]

dumb

Re:you seem stupid

[nusratt]

did you read the article? it was obviously half tongue-in-cheek. i never said i thought it was likely, and neither did he.

His mag & editor & readers apparently didn't it was too "dumb" to publish.
I merely linked & excerpted it. Lighten up, and acquire some manners, unless you're genuinely happy with the sour person you now seem to be, and are willing to carry that person around inside you for the rest of your life.