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Microsoft halts construction plans, won't renew leases

Colin Millar

Boarding up the windows? 

IT Angle

That'll reduce their Vista.

Anonymous Coward

meanwhile... 

Joke

...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.

Mr B

@Colin Millar 

IT Angle

Ekzellent!!!

Wish I could rate a comment.

Steve John

@AC 15:44 

Very good, would rate the comment if I could.

Geoffrey W

@AC 15:44 

Linux

<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.

Tom Paine

5axx0rings? 

Gates Horns

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

Warhelmet

What Would Jesus Say? 

Will Microsoft pass on savings to customers?

Ian Michael Gumby

Of course its IT... 

Pirate

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.

Anonymous Coward

Hit the wall 

Joke

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

DZ-Jay

The mills of the gods grind slowly... 

Yet they grind exceeding small.

-dZ.

Ascylto

Ahaaaaa! 

Gates Horns

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

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

Anonymous Coward

@geoff 

Happy

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....

elderlybloke

Alright Al.ous 

Thumb Up

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?

Geoffrey W

@elderlybloke 

Heart

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

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