Top 11 Reasons why Microsoft exhibits at open-source trade shows

1.) Someone needs to man the Before Booth
2.) Bill is looking for his long-lost brother, Clem.
3.) To find the guy who keeps hacking its web servers
4.) To see if anyone can explain Windows error code FFFFFF000234
5.) It's cheaper than paying people to scrawl "VB Rules" on the sidewalks
6.) The free stuff-nobody gets rich paying for software
7.) The bagels and donuts are fabulous
8.) To taunt employees at the Red Hat booth: "Hah, betcha can't play Unreal Tournament 2003 on that Linux thing!"
9.) Rejected from exterminator trade show because of Windows bug infestation
10.) Still harbors guilty feelings about killing mosaic
11.) "Linus will be there? I've always been a Charlie Brown fan!"

Reprinted from Network Computing magazine (http://www.nwc.com), April 17, 2003 Issue

Thanks,
Michael B.

Am I the only one who doesn't find that humerous?They should pay a real comedien next time...

-Chris

I thought a few of them were funny. Some of them were really lame.

Thanks,
Michael

You get an A for effort!

I doubt it, he probally copied and pasted them :D (I love to break chops on a sunday night)

Actually, :) I typed it myself. No copy & pasting here.

Thanks,
Michael

I didn't find any of those funny at all...