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Subject: Re: Microsoft buys 9X designation
Date: 1995-02-06T23:33:39-08:00
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[snip]
>Microsoft, in a spirit of cooperation, has indicated that they will
>release a version of "Visual Ada95" in the near future.  An
>unidentified source in Redmond indicated the release date of the
>product will be, "approximately two quarters after we begin to sell
>snowcones in hell."  This is apparently part of a business expansion
>plan on the part of Microsoft, which is already rumored to have
>dominated hell with copies of Microsoft Windows.

Aaaah!  That explains the feeling of impending doom and hopelessness I get
whenever I have to work in Microsoft Windows.  Then again, it might be the
fact it's running on a Pentium.

I think we have a better chance of seeing "Turbo Ada" from Borland before
we see "Visual Ada95" from Microsloth.


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