NOTE FROM KIM:

The Mozilla and Firefox Web browsers are starting
to threaten Microsoft’s Internet Explorer for market share

The Top 8 Signs
Microsoft Is Losing Market Share

8> Spam e-mail messages now promise that if you forward th

message to 20 people, Bill Gates will send you a free copy of Microsoft Bob.

7> They replaced their old slogan of “Where do you want to

today?” with “Can we come with you? Please?”

6> Bill Gates leaves on a penguin-hunting trip.

5> Twenty percent fewer Blue Screens of Death. Actually, ma

that 20% MORE Blue Screens of Death. (Whatever. We just like irking Microsoft by saying “Blue Screens of Death.”)

4> Clippy the Paperclip pops up with, “Are you looking for a date tonight? You know, for only $50 I can morph into anything you want. ANYTHING.”

3> Bill Gates claims the porn that Microsoft is now bundling with IE is integral to the operating system.

2> The internal betting pool has the over/under on another Balmer Monkey Dance at three weeks.

and the Number 1 Sign Microsoft Is Losing Market Share…

1> Linus Torvalds has been seen shopping for office space

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Selected from 48 submissions from 17 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Bruce W. Alter, Fairfax Station, VA — 1
Matt Hurlburt, Stow, OH — 2, 6
Marcelo Rinesi, Buenos Aires, Argentina — 3
Kim Moser, New York, NY — 4, 5, 8 (Hat trick!),
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Neal Bouffard, Ottawa, ON — 7