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Microsofter
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English
Etymology
From en Microsoft er occupation.
Noun
An employee of Microsoft.
en Softie<q:slang>
en 1984 w:InfoWorld https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tog_AQAAIAAJ 6 21 A Microsofter revealed the real reason for the party to a reporter: “We were trying to figure out how to get our name out there even if we weren’t at the Faire”
en 13 November 1995 Michael Krantz The Great Manhattan Geek Rush of 1995 New York (magazine) New York 41–42 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=beQCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA41 Her most notable meeting, she recalls with still-fresh amazement, took place recently with a roomful of Microsofters. The House Gates Built, she recalls, was looking for “a sense of community” for the Microsoft Network.
en 30 September 2017 Ben Hoyle Satya Nadella: the man who rebooted Microsoft w:The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-man-who-rebooted-microsoft-6d3xpmhsv Later in the day, I’m sitting in a large marquee with 1,000 wildly overexcited Microsoft interns for the monthly company meeting. Brilliant young aspiring Microsofters queue in two lines to fire a series of fantastically unpredictable questions at Nadella.
en informal A en supporter or en user of en Microsoft products.
en anti-Microsofter
en Xbot (slang, derogatory)
en 1998 Dick Oliver Setting Pages in Motion with Dynamic HTML Sams Teach Yourself Html 4 in 24 Hours 3rd Indianapolis, IN w:Sams Publishing 0672313693 309 https://archive.org/details/samsteachyourse000oliv/page/308/mode/2up?q=Microsofters If you give the makeName function in Figure 20.1 the name "intro", it will give you back either "document.intro" or "document.all.intro.style", depending on which browser you are using. If you put this result to refer to a layer, it works nicely for Netscapians and Microsofters alike.
en 2000-04-01 John Turton Re: Petrol uk.transport https://groups.google.com/g/uk.transport/c/NM7LRf2p2Ac/m/9j1hPeCXAGYJ Upside down posters are virtually always Microsofters and/or newbies. Try not to tar yourself.
en 2008-01-20 TJ Re: How to migrate Windows XP? 24hoursupport.helpdesk https://groups.google.com/g/24hoursupport.helpdesk/c/FwizaeYLzQ8/m/sz2riyt7XW4J With Windows XP, if Microsoft decides they no longer want it supported, they will simply rescind all permission to use it. The Model T will work without Ford's permission, but XP (and Vista) won't work unless Microsoft says it's OK. And Microsoft will pull that permission, sooner or later. The signs are all there, even if the devout Microsofters can't see them.
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