[Am-info] MickySoft

[Felmon Davis]

On Thursday 09 May 2002 11:57 am, Gene Gaines spake and saith:
> Several people on this list have been using the term MickySoft
> to refer to Microsoft.
>
> Is that fair?
>
> I have never found Micky Mouse to be objectionable, or a law
> breaker, or a liar, or a bully.
>
> I do not remember any Micky Mouse cartoons which crashed.
>
> I believe "MickySoft" unfairly maligns Micky Mouse.
>
> In jest.  But only partially in jest.
>
>
> Gene Gaines
> gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com
> Sterling, Virginia
>

I thought 'micky mouse', as in "Oh, his business is just mickey 
mouse," was a designation for a 'two-bit operation'.

of course, two bits is also good money, so no insult for any 
denomination intended!

F.