Microsoft today announced that it will be changing its name to "Moft" -- which will clear up space on user's hard disks. It is estimated that a typical Windows XP installation contains about 2,800,000 instances of the word "Microsoft", in copyright notices, end-user licence agreements, 'About' screens, etc. So, after the change, a user will save about 140MB of hard drive space. Stock prices of hard-disk manufacturers dipped slightly after the announcement.

"Well, yes, the end user will save significant hard drive space," said Bill Gates, CEO of Moft. "Our decision was more influenced by fear that future Moft operating systems will not be able to fit on a single compact disk, which will result in significant costs for us." Gates added that the junior programmer who discovered the potential savings has been rewarded with a free copy of 'Moft Off for Moft WinXP'.

23 January 2003  |   permalink