Boarding up the windows?

That'll reduce their Vista.

meanwhile...

...the Linux community is also tightening it's belt... For example Dwain has said he has decided not to redecorate his bedroom this year and Melvin has decided to wash only twice a year, down from last years high of four times.

@Colin Millar

Ekzellent!!!

Wish I could rate a comment.

@AC 15:44

<QUOTE>the Linux community is also tightening it's belt... For example Dwain has said he has decided not to redecorate his bedroom this year and Melvin has decided to wash only twice a year, down from last years high of four times.</QUOTE>

Ah Ha! That explains the desktop background picture in Ubuntu. Its a programmers bedroom wall and not a picture of a dirty protest in a prison, as I at first thought.

5axx0rings?

Come ON already, Uncle Fester, bite the bullet and get it over with -- the troops are getting restless!

http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2009/01/fy09q2-results-town-hall.html

Of course its IT...

All the article does is confirm that Microsoft is letting attrition bring down the US employees as they build up their cheaper off shore labor pool. This way they can't say that they fired an American while they hired an Indian/Vietnamese/Brazilian/<insert your favorite Eastern European country> at a lower cost.

Hit the wall

Ah yes, as expected, the great "Windows without walls" is coming alive.

Ahaaaaa!

So ... plans for world domination are put on hold!

But they've still got the Death Star at Redmond.

@geoff

No, No, No... You are a Linux guy. You are NOT allowed to have a sense of humour. Retract that statement at once. Where is the hatred for Windows, I'm so disapointed in you....

Alright Al.ous

As a Linux guy, (a very inexperienced guy), I will do the mandatory rant about Miroturd, Bloody Bill and Monkey Man(the chair hurler)

Bugger them , bugger them all,

How's that?

@elderlybloke

<QUOTE>Bugger them , bugger them all</QUOTE>

The article says there are *around 91,000* members of MicroSoft. I'll need some help.