Meanings
- derogatoryslangMicrosoft.
I doubt it will. I doubt it will even make it to ARM. Frankly, I think it was silly for M$ to even mention it this far in advance of Windows 8 to begin with. M$ is already late to the party...
2011 January 9, Flint, “Who Believes The ARM Port Of Windows Won’t Go The Way Of The Alpha, PowerPC And IA64 Ports?”, in comp.os.linux.advocacy (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Jul 2026
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From MS (initialism of Microsoft), with a dollar sign added to imply greed and capitalism.
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M$. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/M%24
“M$.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/M%24. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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