Etymology
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From MSFT, Microsoft's Nasdaq symbol, with a dollar sign added to denote greed or wealth.
Proper noun
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M$FT
- (usually derogatory) Microsoft.
1997 April 13, Steve Cordova, “I hope no one from M$FT is reading this”, in comp.sys.mac.advocacy[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-17:Item: Intel is thinking (planning) on moving from x86 architecture (CISC) to new RISC architecture. M$FT legacy apps would be broken (Win32 APIs).
2002 March 11, Joe Chung, “Does anyone in the Bay Area use Linux?”, in ba.general[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-17:As it stands M$FT has a combination of deep pockets and compelling apps for the "ordinary" consumer than Linux has. It's not enough to say, "Linux can also read your MSFT word documents." Just look at how far that got the Mac.
2002 July 26, Peter Leftwich, “Peter heads back to M$FT WinBloze”, in lucky.freebsd.questions[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-17: 2007 October 13, raylopez99, “M$FT hiring--but they need competent people. COMPETENT”, in comp.os.linux.advocacy[4] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-17:BusinessWeek Online had a good article about H1 Visas and software engineers. But M$FT only takes good people. So stay unemployed U lozers.
2008 July 26, SnoopDoggy, “M$FT to Copy Apple "Experience"”, in alt.music.rush[5] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-17:Why M$FT offers a "repair" option that requires even more high level repair is beyond me.
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