Who killed Microsoft?

Monday, January 26th, 2009

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“Not I” said the Windows user
“I liked Ultimate but I’m no loser
I paid for a Vista upgrade
but when my 3D shader failed to shade
I decided XP was the right call
You can’t blame me at all.”

Who killed Microsoft? Why did all those jobs get lost?

“Not I,” said the Netbook buyer.
“I just wanted something lighter.
Not my fault Atom was crap
and couldn’t run my Windows apps.
I installed Linux, yes it’s true,
but what was I supposed to do?
It wasn’t me who made it fall,
you can’t blame me at all.”

Who killed Microsoft? Why did all those jobs get lost?

“Not I,” said the Zune fanboy,
“I got Zune, I’m no iToy
Sure it didn’t do too much and
too bad my girlfriend bought a Touch
now we’re iTunes all the way
what else do I have to say?”

Who killed Microsoft? Why did all those jobs get lost?

“Not I,” said MSN,
“Just point your finger at them.
Look: Google does a better job,
we didn’t buy Yahoo! cause they’re clods
People want a good old fashioned engine
but we lost our parent a few million.
But it wasn’t us who made it fall,
you can’t blame us at all.”

Who killed Microsoft? Why did all those jobs get lost?

“It wasn’t me,” said Steve Ballmer.
“I’m no less fat but I’m much calmer.
Bill Gates told me he’d never leave
but now he’s gone just like Steve.
I’m trying I’m trying yes I confess,
but no one watched me at CES!

Who killed Microsoft? Why did all those jobs get lost?

with apologies

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