IT NOW READS 'GAZOMBAS'
Microsoft has swiftly fixed an embarrassing gaffe which saw a chunk of code labelled "big boobs".
(Thanks to Craig Roberts)
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July 20, 2012
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Well I heard they were going to change the company name to Macrosoft.
Posted by: Cheesewiz | July 20, 2012 at 04:32 PM
Seriously? Who would know what they named it?
Posted by: Elon | July 20, 2012 at 04:36 PM
Major League Yabbos?
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | July 20, 2012 at 04:41 PM
( @ Y @ )
we're gonna need more 'technical support'
Posted by: ligirl | July 20, 2012 at 05:06 PM
I can't help picturing a bunch of guys with glasses and pocket protectors and pants pulled up way too far yukking and snorting and covering their mouths as they typed the code.
Posted by: JD | July 20, 2012 at 05:06 PM
Whoever did that is now 0xDEADBEEF.
Posted by: Chris S. | July 20, 2012 at 05:47 PM
This is one of their better error messages. One of their award winning error messages said...and I quote: "There has been an error".
Posted by: LeDud | July 20, 2012 at 05:48 PM
" Puerile Sniggering at Breasts "
...And we all know who they opened for in 1968.
Posted by: Clankie | July 20, 2012 at 07:37 PM
Geek pron.
Posted by: Loudmouth | July 20, 2012 at 09:42 PM
Their moms are gonna be really mad when they hear about this.
Posted by: nursecindy | July 20, 2012 at 11:56 PM
Bill "Big Boobs" Gates.
That's what we always called him.
Posted by: HogsAteMySister | July 21, 2012 at 12:01 AM
Boy, look at the codes on that woman!
Doesn't have the same "umph".
Posted by: Steve | July 21, 2012 at 09:30 AM