Don't you just hate it when people call Microsoft, Windows, and Linux derogatory names?

Well, I do.

I think it's just useless, because calling them derogatory names won't get them to improve; they'll just sue you or something.

Here's a few of the examples of "nicknames" of every company that I've heard over the past year:

Windows: Windoze, Doors (don't really get this one), Losedows ("lose", opposite of "win"), Faildows ("fail", pseudo-opposite of "win")

Microsoft: Micro$oft ($ meaning money-centered), Microshaft, Microsquish, Macrosuck, Microhard

Internet Explorer: (don't even get me started.) Internet Exploder (although this could be a typo), Exposer, Exploiter, Exposure; WHY (a mistransliteration of WIE, Windows Internet Explorer), MISSED (Microsoft's Internet Super-Slow Exploding Device). Okay, so I made the last one up, but who knows?

GAIM (GNU AIM): Gay American Instant Messaging

Linux: Linsux

GNU in general: GNU's not Ubiquitous, GNU's not Undefeated (yeah, I mae these 2 up too, but who knows?)

Netscape: Netscrape (meaning that it's "scraping" the bottom of the market share), Net-goat (It's a "scapegoat" of IE)

Mac: Fackintosh (Yes, that's a misspelling of a swear word. It rhymes, though.)

I couldn't really go rattling off names for centuries, but you get the idea. Why call them bad names in your private life where it doesn't do anything? Show them some primitive respect, even if they do charge $400 for an operating system.

EDIT: Fixed a few spelling mistakes.

This post has been edited by tricky77puzzle: Feb 28 2008, 01:28 AM

Well, i've definitly heard most of the windows ones, but I don't personally use them because I don't make fun, but I do have no problem of sharing my opinion about an OS (i.e. windows and how money hungry they are). Anyways, just thought I would clear up that one "doors" for windows name. Windows are a symbol of insperation in some sense because when you see a picture of a window there is usually a pretty scene through it; however, doors don't offer the insperational symbol and in a sense block insperation like microsoft does and stops innovation in the computer industry.

Just my two cents.

I have not heard of all of them.

I have heard of:

Microsoft Windblows

Microsucks

and yeah thats about it.

Exactly, that's why I do it in public.

In private or in public; it doesn't matter. It won't make them change anything. It'll probably get you a bad rep, though... among, Micro-softies, that is. (Micro-softies is a derogatory name for Microsoft employees and fanatics.)

Well, these names are used bu general users and doesn't really hurt the companies much, but I can't stand it when Apple start there Microsoft bashing EVERYTIME they have a conference or something. I mean when Tiger was announced they actually had huge banners that read "Redmond start your photocopiers", which basically implied that Microsoft would copy the features in Tiger. Even during their speeches high profile folks like Steve Jobs starts bashing Microsoft. What a bunch of whiners.

How can you think that they will sue you because of that?



-reply by 4lex

To say that using derogatory names for companies shows immaturity on the web would be to say that roughly 98% of Internet users are immature. (Actually, you may have a point there...) I have indeed heard many of the derogatory names you mentioned on this post, and while I don't use any myself, I consider many of them to be a very clever form of stating the facts about a company.

Also, if you go to any website on the web anywhere, you'll normally find that someone is using at least one of these dergoatory terms. Micro$oft, in particular, is used so often I don't know why it isn't in the dictionary! I've even seen it been used on "Have Your Say" postings on Corporate News Websites! I think people are definitely trying to send a message, there...

In my opinion, the problem is not using derogatory terms, it's overusing them. Using them once or twice in a post is proving a point, but three or more times makes you seem immature because you think the word is "cool", when really it's annoying.

This post has been edited by gameratheart: Jun 13 2008, 02:34 PM

If they weren't overused, do you think I'd be creating this topic? XD

Anyway, It's using them once or twice in a post, like this:

You know, I think Windows 2000 was the best one of them all. After that, it degraded into "Winblows" XP.

:that is acceptable, like you said. (And they should always [I mean always!] be in quotes.)

(98% of internet users are immature? Well, partially, anyway... I was one of those 98% four years ago.)

That being said, I think "Micro$oft" is the worst one out of them all. I mean, you're insulting the PHP variable character by putting it on the name of such a sick, twisted company name!

EDIT: Ack, I meant PHP. In PHP, variables always start with a dollar