[lfjokes] the next 25 years of micro$oft

[Adam Shand]

From: Craig Wright <craig.wright at ipru.otago.ac.nz>

As we "celebrate" the first 25 years of Microsoft. We take a look ahead at 
what the future holds for the next 25 years at Microsoft.

2001 - .NET system goes online, human decisions are removed from the
       office environment

2001 - 2:14am, August 29th, .NET become self-aware, corporations try to
       pull the plug but it's too late, .NET strikes back.

2002 - Internet Explorer 6.0 for Windows released.

2004 - Supreme Court rules to break up Microsoft.

2005 - President Gates disbands Supreme Court, orders break up of Sun
       Microsystems, IBM and Oracle.

2006 - Windows 2004 released.

2007 - Microsoft purchases Napster-Disney-Cisco-Coke-Ford-Avis to compete
       with Oracle-AOL-3Com-Pepsi-GM-Hertz and GE.

2008 - Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 84 released.

2009 - Gates second term as President begins.

2010 - Microsoft Office surpasses the 18 Terabyte mark.

2012 - Windows 2010 Service Pack 1 released.

2013 - Windows 2010 released.

2015 - Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 6.0 for Apple Macintosh.

2016 - Microsoft enhances their only innovation by introducing the "Red
       Screen of Death."

2020 - Bill Gates purchases Linus Torvalds.

2021 - Researchers develop first crash-proof operating system, then
       destroy it. They are just that evil.

2024 - Microsoft genetic engineers realize Bill Gates' childhood dream and
       develop the first talking rabbit.

2025 - A reunited Backstreet Boys perform at the 50th anniversary of the
       founding of Microsoft