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Anonymouse Posted Oct 31, 1999
Perhaps we should call it 'War On Acronymic Hooliganism' ... That way we could call it WOAH .. Or 'Warring Hooligans On Acronyms' (WHOA!)
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Oct 31, 1999
Has anybody else noticed that Microsoft's attitude to "WYSIWYG" seems to be "WYGIWYD"?
("What You Get Is What You Deserve"...
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The Jester (P. S. of Village Idiots, Muse of Comedians, Keeper of Jokes, Chef and Seraph of Bad Jokes) LUG @ A458228 Posted Nov 1, 1999
No. It's WYSIWWWYTG. (What You See Is What We Want You To Get)
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Anonymouse Posted Nov 4, 1999
That's been M$'s Golden Rule for .. erm.. how long has M$ been around? 
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HappyDude Posted Oct 29, 2005
MicroSoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Oct 29, 2005
Indeed. 
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Cheerful Dragon Posted Oct 29, 2005
How about WYGINWYW - What You Get Is Not What You Wanted
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F F Churchton Posted Oct 30, 2005
YBYTWYWN <- You'll buy our useless tat whether you want to or not!!!
I bet a Welsh researcher is laughing his head off...
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Granny Weatherwax - ACE - Hells Belle, Mother-in-Law from the Pit - Haunting near you on Saturday Posted Oct 30, 2005
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Stupid Users II
- 41: Anonymouse (Oct 29, 1999)
- 42: C Hawke (Oct 29, 1999)
- 43: Anonymouse (Oct 31, 1999)
- 44: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Oct 31, 1999)
- 45: The Jester (P. S. of Village Idiots, Muse of Comedians, Keeper of Jokes, Chef and Seraph of Bad Jokes) LUG @ A458228 (Nov 1, 1999)
- 46: Anonymouse (Nov 4, 1999)
- 47: HappyDude (Oct 29, 2005)
- 48: Mu Beta (Oct 29, 2005)
- 49: HappyDude (Oct 29, 2005)
- 50: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Oct 29, 2005)
- 51: HappyDude (Oct 29, 2005)
- 52: Cheerful Dragon (Oct 29, 2005)
- 53: F F Churchton (Oct 30, 2005)
- 54: Granny Weatherwax - ACE - Hells Belle, Mother-in-Law from the Pit - Haunting near you on Saturday (Oct 30, 2005)
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