The New "Micro$oft"
I musta woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.
It's a pet peeve of mine when Mac and Linux users call Microsoft "Micro$oft" or "MicroSloth" and refer to PCs as "PeeCees." (Likewise to Window users who call Macs "Macintrash.") They think it's very clever, of course. I don't. I just think it's elementary school jackassery.
The same goes for the pet phrases Mac-Macs have been coming up with to describe Apple CEO Steve Jobs. His Steveness. Steve-o. Steveroonie. Sir Jobs. The Steve. The Stevemeister. King Jobs. It's every bit as grating and irritating as that copy machine guy that Rob Schneider used to play on Saturday Night Live years ago. I have no idea what causes people to do it, but for the love of God, I wish they would just STOP.
Comments
Wow! You have no idea how much this sort of stuff grates on my nerves as well.
Posted by: Brad Oliver | February 24, 2005 12:21 PM
What about Uncle Steve?
Posted by: Derik | February 24, 2005 01:23 PM
Thank you! I attended the annual meeting of a local technology networking group last week and was introduced as a Microsoft .NET person. The meeting included a keynote by an excellent speaker whose company has developed some great apps. When I asked about his OS, he said they use a proprietary programming language that runs on LINUX, at which point several members of the audience starting applauding. Earlier in the evening, a Perl developer turned up his nose when I told him I code in C#, and someone at my table lauded "pimply faced kids" as the most persuasive technology evangelists. Which goes to show that given the right circumstances, even bright technical people say shamelessly stupid things.
Posted by: CapeCoder | February 24, 2005 06:31 PM