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We are in a state of War: Bill Gates



As the World S/W war continues, the defending Microsoft forces, living in denial, have reportedly sufferred heavy casualties. Microsoft forces deployed in the North Eastern sector came under heavy shelling and Light Machine Gun fire from the TUXan army, which is proving more and more irepressible with each passing day in this war that threatens to change desktops across the world. Small platoons of the TUXan army have been highly successful in ambushing patrolling platoons of the Microsoft Army. Part of the success of the invading forces, in this theatre of war, is due to the efficient co-ordination between the TUXan army and The GNU army led by Lt. Gen Linus Torvalds and Lt. Gen. Richard .M. Stallman respectively. The air battles in this sector were lost by the Microsoft Airforce purely because of their abililty to 'crash' without the enemy planes having to even take off. This wonderful ability of crashing has caused the Microsoft Airforce R&D wing to speed up its program of developing the latest Service Pack. Defending Forces here have also suffered casualties due to lack of knowledge of the strength in numbers of the invading forces. Most of the units in this sector have been caught completely unawares of enemy advances. As if to add salt to injury, the Googlian forces launched a massive offensive on the North Western front. The aggressive ambitions of these forces have left the Microsoft Army running for cover. 'Search and Conquer' seem to have been the motto practised by the Googlian Army. The Googlian forces have used the 'Search' weapon with speed, accuracy and reliabilty - concepts completely alien to the hapless defending forces. It is widely believed that George W Bush, self proclaimed Saviour of the World and the last living American to want the American soldiers to continue their good work in Abu Ghraib and other places in Iraq and Afghanistan, had asked for Googlian services to 'search' for Weapons of Mass Destruction but to no avail. The Microsoft think tank here has been left so clueless that, according to intelligence reports, the Microsoft commanders are using the Google search weapon to search for new ideas. To its advantage, the Googlian army has ample supply of arms and ammunition. Infact, Its ability to ship newer weapons (products) at near lighting speed have been at the heart of the Microsoft casualties in this region. On the South Eastern front,after the shockingly meek surrender by the MSIE 5.2 division of the Microsoft Army, It came upon the MSIE6 division to ward off the enemy in this sector. The enemy, constituting the Mozillan forces, though not completely successful in this sector, is expected to win this sector in sometime. According to experts, this eventuality can be avoided only if the reinforcements i.e the MSIE7 division are of any help to the MSIE mission on the South Eastern front. However there was good news for the Microsoft Army on the southern and south western sector where the XP division is consolidating its strong position. The Invading forces havent been able to push back the defending army which is well entrenched in bunkers. Taking heart from its position in this sector, the Supreme Commander of Microsoft, Gen Bill Gates issued a statement encouraging his soldiers.. "We will fight this battle to the last Service Pack", he said in a hurriedly convened press conference aimed at boosting the morale of his soldiers.

P.S: The above image has been used with the copyright notice present. I HAVE NOT created this image. It is the original work of Steve Hilton and, in the words of the creator, it depicts the epic struggle of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) against the Empire of Microsoft. I happened to receive this image in an email forward and couldnt resist the temptation of penning this piece.

Comments

Salil said…
Brilliant idea! But the mapping is a bit wrong! Shouldnt it be Hotmail vs. GMail, MSN vs. GTalk, etc?
yeah.. u are right . While writing I didnt notice it at all. Just saw Google and didnt see what was there inside it.. u r right.. Hotmail should be pitted against Gmail while MSN against Gtalk.

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