Meanings
plural anti-Microsofters
- An opposer of Microsoft or its products.
What a minute. Several anti-Microsofters just got through posting comments about how this Mono thing "cut off Bill's balls" or something similar and was turning "extend and embrace" around to backfire on Microsoft.
2001 July 12, Java Fan -2 + -2, “Re: Mono Project = Monkey Project - Open Source .Net”, in comp.lang.java.advocacy (Usenet)2 more examples
While I respect your reasons for disliking Microsoft, you are making the anti Microsoft camp look bad. When I see this, the image I get of anti-Microsofters is that they are a juvenile bunch who can't attack the opposing argument, so they attack the person instead with schoolyard insults questioning the sexual preference, and personal worth of anyone who dares defend Microsoft.
1997 November 8, John Black, “Re: CONTEST: Who has the best insult for this idiot... (was Re: Gates Of Hell”, in comp.os.linux.development.apps (Usenet)Washington has a new favorite sport—Microsoft bashing—and the Justice Department isn't the only group in town that's playing. […] A recent meeting at the offices of Powell Tate, a public relations firm headed by former White House press secretary Jody Powell, drew a couple of dozen anti-Microsofters, participants say.
1998 January 12, Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, “D.C.'s Anti-Gates Lobby”, in Fortune, volume 137, number 1, →ISSN, page 135Antonyms: Microsofter
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn opposer of Microsoft or its products.
Origin
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