[DM-MUG] MS: It's not a software company

Ray Bowler rbowler at mchsi.com
Tue Jan 3 17:14:09 CST 2006


ROFL


At 1:32 PM -0600 1/3/06, Matt W wrote:
>An amusing story for today. Read the whole thing to get the joke.
>
>It may be an old joke, but one I've not heard.
>
>Happy New Year to you all!
>
>Matthew
>
>>The residents of Silicon Valley are more confused than usual after a
>>billboard campaign by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society of
>>America used this line in an ad slogan:
>>MS: It's not a software company
>>
>>exploiting the fame of a certain company to draw attention to an
>>altogether worthier cause.
>>
>>
>>Requests to comment on the campaign have been met by a surly silence
>>by Microsoft, which doesn't relish the association of ideas but is
>>painfully aware that it can't afford to appear insensitive over such
>>an issue.
>>
>>Seasoned information technology professionals will have no trouble
>>telling the two MS's apart: One is a debilitating and surprisingly
>>widespread affliction that renders the sufferer barely able to perform
>>the simplest task. The other is a disease.
>>
>
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