The Microsoft acquisition hoax

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It is considered the first internet hoax to reach a mass audience. The hoax is part of a cycle of “Microsoft jokes” that portray Microsoft Corporation as a rich but evil monopoly built on bloated or unreliable desktop software, obsolete product plans, corporate takeovers, and litigation of once-innovative rivals. Although numerous books have been devoted to the subject, jokes commonly circulate online as Internet memes.