Microsoft funnys

[Propain]

a friend shot me this link just now .. thought id share before Sarge does Booboo

[Force Flow]

oh maaaan....

That's just nuts.

[TennBikeBerk]

What losers. Imagine if everybody treated everybody else like that....the world would be AWFUL!

Are there absolutely no moderators on that forum???

[antgross@pacbell.net]

That's a freakin' riot. Maybe this could be the trick that finally brings MS to its knees. Send that link to the MAC folks, they'll grab on to it quickly.heh heh

[roomwithamoose]

I think it's really funny that Microsoft didn't catch that. Well, hey, what's a grand to the biggest company in the world???

[jong2k4]

Wow, that's pretty hilarious/somewhat disgusting.

I actually ordered one single copy so I can be fully patched before connecting to the internet in the event I ever need to reinstall. But I'm not mean, I only ordered one.

[Jaggannath]

Strange... the thing I'm laughing at is that he bothered to blur his name on the envelope, and then posted a link to a page with his name on it

[ric449]

Wow... I just reported it to MS's corporate offices, I wonder if they will listen to me about this .

[doctorgonzo]

M$ tells us to trust them when it comes to Windows security, but they can't even implement a simple mechanism to avoid duplicate orders for CDs?

And they wonder why we don't trust them!

[ric449]

I don't get this kind of thing, these people do things like this, then wonder why they have to pay so much for MS software and OS's. Maybe if people were a little nicer to Bill we would have cheaper software .

[HAL9000]

Exactly... I bet a person could search around and find him whining about the cost of software.

[antgross@pacbell.net]

I wonder how long before someone programs a 'bot' to order about 100,000 of these cds.

[nubbler]

That's crazy

[mbossman2]

most of these get routed to automated fulfillment houses, that have machines that stuff the envelopes, print the labels, affix the labels and shoot them to the loading dock. there is usually no human input in the actual order.

all this will do, when MS gets the bill and someone actually reviews it, is that they will : limit it to one per address (and upset a bunch of people because of one person or groups stupid actions) or start charging a fee to get it (again upsetting a bunch of people because of one person or groups stupid actions) or say it is only available via download (upsetting a bunch of people because of one person or groups stupid actions).

we all pay for the stupidity or dishonesty of other people.

[raftero]

seems there is always one, he probably breaks windows in empty houses and knocks down rural mail boxes too,you just can't be nice and help some people.

[ZANEY123]

Looks like they have caught on and only allow 10 per email address.

either way they will even stop givin it away if people keep doing this.

[antgross@pacbell.net]

we all pay for the stupidity or dishonesty of other people.[/QUOTE]

Like for example, the poorly written code of software, eg., Internet Explorer, right?

Does anyone seriously believe that a company like Microsoft with over 50 BILLION in cash will seriously be affected by this? Or that others won't get their CD now??

[Propain]

Originally Posted by mbossman2 we all pay for the stupidity or dishonesty of other people.

exactly . be it with MS or any other software .

[HAL9000]

Originally Posted by antgross@pacbell.net Does anyone seriously believe that a company like Microsoft with over 50 BILLION in cash will seriously be affected by this? Or that others won't get their CD now??

It's that kinda thinking that WILL cause the effect.... there is already one idiot bragging about how they screwed MS for $1000+..... do you seriously think he is the only idiot out there doing it? I would think it would be very easy to say there is at least 100 idiots doing that exact same thing right now... that $1000 is now $100,000.... still a drop in the bucket right? Now add in the piracy to all the programs that are written and the various other ways that these idiots are trying to screw them over.. .and that $100,000 in losses starts growing to some substantial numbers.

[antgross@pacbell.net]

Originally Posted by HAL9000 It's that kinda thinking that WILL cause the effect.... there is already one idiot bragging about how they screwed MS for $1000+..... do you seriously think he is the only idiot out there doing it? I would think it would be very easy to say there is at least 100 idiots doing that exact same thing right now... that $1000 is now $100,000.... still a drop in the bucket right? Now add in the piracy to all the programs that are written and the various other ways that these idiots are trying to screw them over.. .and that $100,000 in losses starts growing to some substantial numbers.

You can't be serious in thinking that somehow MS will be impacted $$ by this. How does this compare to the piracy of MS products going on in China and Indonesia (a combined population of nearly 2 Billion people) compared to the actions of a few microsoft haters in some rarely read forum, a blip on the internet canvas?

[mbossman2]

Originally Posted by antgross@pacbell.net You can't be serious in thinking that somehow MS will be impacted $$ by this. How does this compare to the piracy of MS products going on in China and Indonesia (a combined population of nearly 2 Billion people) compared to the actions of a few microsoft haters in some rarely read forum, a blip on the internet canvas?

piracy is already factored into the cost/price of the software as it is an anticipated cost, just like inventory shrinkage (theft) is factored into the cost of any product at all steps along the supply chain.

As to this type of cost within the business structure, you (as a department head) project the number of units and the cost as an individual line item in your overall budget that you must live within. IF you budget say $1 million dollars for this and some yahoo (like above) starts a fire of ordering (that you had no way of anticipating) and runs over the budget by say 10% ($100K), you need to shuffle your budgetary numbers to cover that overage. The question you need to ask is: "Where am I going to get that money?". You have several choices, but it all boils down to (just like in the real world, when you are hit with an unexpected cost - like a total replacement of your front brakes) that you will have to go without something to cover the cost. That something could be as innocuous as a luxury item (ie the company/departmental "fun" budget) or as serious as the 2 new employees that you were going to bring on. (it gets really serious if you, or your neighbor or your kid or your spouse was the person to be hired and now you/they can't be because of this jerk).

departments within companies are just like people in neighborhoods...they have budgets that they must live within, with specific income and specific outlays...and unanticipated costs can wreak havoc on the functioning of the department (just like they do you) but the company (your neighborhood) looks all hunky-dory.

[mairving]

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[Marke522]

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You guys are definately right when you say we all pay the price for those who are dishonest, and it's not only in software piracy and "iventory shrinkage". I manage a gas station for a large corporation and when we see the prices go up, there are more people that drive away without paying, because they need the fuel, but they don't have enough money. So the economy is placing some people in a position where they become thieves because they don't see or care about the long term effects of thier actions.

The additional drive offs make the current prices escalate even higher than they once were making the circle a never ending cycle. Pretty soon you will see a lot of large companys going to pre-pay only. We estimate that we lose 9 million dollars a year due to drive offs, and we have a plan to be pre-pay nation wide in 12 months.

[HAL9000]

Originally Posted by antgross@pacbell.net You can't be serious in thinking that somehow MS will be impacted $$ by this. How does this compare to the piracy of MS products going on in China and Indonesia (a combined population of nearly 2 Billion people) compared to the actions of a few microsoft haters in some rarely read forum, a blip on the internet canvas?

Who said I related it to people who read that one lil posting. You can't be serious in thinking there aren't more idiots that think like him. Businesses are run on profit margins.. and as mbossman said... the money has to come from somehwere. Go into business for yourself and find out.

What it comes down to is keep thinking its funny... keep believing that it has zero impact... but don't whine anywhere about prices.

[antgross@pacbell.net]

Originally Posted by HAL9000 Who said I related it to people who read that one lil posting. You can't be serious in thinking there aren't more idiots that think like him. Businesses are run on profit margins.. and as mbossman said... the money has to come from somehwere. Go into business for yourself and find out. What it comes down to is keep thinking its funny... keep believing that it has zero impact... but don't whine anywhere about prices.

I don't recall whining about the prices. Maybe you should actually READ my posts before responding.

I don't have to go into business for myself to understand 'that the money has come from somewhere' anymore than I need to jump off a ten story building to know that I probably wouldn't survive the fall.

And yes, the impact on Microsoft is ZERO-and it is funny that you and others think otherwise, btw.

[mbossman2]

Originally Posted by antgross@pacbell.net I don't have to go into business for myself to understand 'that the money has come from somewhere' anymore than I need to jump off a ten story building to know that I probably wouldn't survive the fall. And yes, the impact on Microsoft is ZERO-and it is funny that you and others think otherwise, btw.

no offence but your 2nd sentence invalidates your claimed understanding in the 1st.

The impact on the whole is small, but every penny/nickle/dime/dollar/thousands of dollars adds up. Most companies, especially of that size, operate based on the "business unit" model, where each business unit, while part of the whole, has profit and loss responsibility as if it were its own independent business entity. That BU will see an impact of this idiot and others like him, it might even cost some people their jobs. You think it might affect those that lose their jobs? nah...its just a monsterously huge company....made up of individual people.

[antgross@pacbell.net]

[QUOTE=mbossman2]no offence but your 2nd sentence invalidates your claimed understanding in the 1st.

It's called hyperbole.

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionar...erbole&x=0&y=0

[ric449]

Just because someone has a lot of money doesn't mean it is ok to take it away. If you was a billionaire antgross, would you be happy if someone just cost you $1000? Even if you were a billionaire, its still a loss of money.

[HAL9000]

Originally Posted by antgross@pacbell.net I don't recall whining about the prices. Maybe you should actually READ my posts before responding.

I read your posts just fine thank you... I didn't say YOU were whining about prices... I just said don't whine about prices... a generalized statement.

And no.. it's not a zero impact to MS... let me steal a dollar from you... sure.. might mean nothing.. but the impact is you have one less dollar than you did before.

[raftero]

taking advantage of anyone by anyone has never amused me even if they are wealthy.