The Microsoft Monopoly Game! Release Old Buggy Software Under a New Name, collect $50 from every player for upgrade license fee. You take over a small company, fire everyone immediately, and find $100 in a desk drawer. From sale of banner ads you get $45. You have won second prize in a rigged benchmark. You didn't cheat hard enough. Collect $10. Reboot to the Start menu (Collect $200). You are assessed for Y2K upgrades. $40 per desktop, $115 per server. Pentium division error in your favor. Collect $200. Sell your customer database and personality profiles to spammers for $20. Goto Reinstall Windows. Reboot directly to reinstall. Do not pass Start. Do not collect $200. Pie in your face! Pay drycleaners $100. Your customers are so fanatical, the IRS classified you as a church. Collect $20 income tax refund. Golden Parachute deploys. Collect $100. Stock options mature. Collect $100. Pay Domain Name Registration Fee of $150. Reinstall Windows free. This card may be kept until needed, or sold. Cracker finds massive security hole in your newly released software. Pay $50 hush money. You've been elected Chief Executive Officer. Bribe each player $50. Advance token to the nearest ISP and pay owner Twice the Rental to which he/she is otherwise entitled. If ISP is UNOWNED, you may buy it from the Bank. Get a little flaccid for Microsoft. Advance token to Microsoft. Advance token to nearest network. If UNOWNED you may buy it from the Bank. If OWNED, throw dice and pay owner a total ten times the amount thrown. Make Y2K Upgrades For All Your Companies. For each desktop pay $25. For each server $100. This card may be kept until needed, or sold. Reinstall Windows free. Spell diferent. Advance to Apple. Advance token to the nearest ISP and pay owner Twice the Rental to which he/she is otherwise entitled. If ISP is UNOWNED, you may buy it from the Bank. Advance to Netscape. If you pass Go, collect $200. Go back 3 places. Your stock options mature. Collect $150. Advance to Start. (Collect $200.) Go To Hell on AOL. If you pass Start collect $200. Pay Net Day tax of $15. Go directly to Reinstall Windows. Do not pass Start, do not collect $200. Software developers pay you protection fee of $50. /DrawMicropolyPropertyFrame { (windows/) $COLOR (frame.eps) AppendStrings AppendStrings gsave .5 .5 translate .59 .59 scale run grestore } def /DrawMicropolyStartMenuCorner { /x PropHeight 2 div def /y PropHeight GoLogoY sub def PropHeight 2 div dup dup translate 45 rotate neg dup translate gsave x y translate 2.8 2.8 scale -27 -11 translate (startbutton.eps) run grestore /x PropHeight 2 div def /y PropHeight GoInstructionsY sub def GoFont GoFontSize UseFont $CAPTION1 x y CenterShow NewLine $CAPTION2 x y CenterShow NewLine $CAPTION3 x y CenterShow } def /DrawMicropolyReinstallWindowsCorner { 1 32 div inches setlinewidth 0 setgray 0 JailBar moveto PropHeight JailBar sub JailBar lineto PropHeight JailBar sub PropHeight lineto stroke JailCaptionFont JailCaptionFontSize UseFont /x PropHeight JailBar sub 2 div def % /x PropHeight 2 div def /y JailJustY def $CAPTION1 x y CenterShow gsave PropHeight 0 translate 90 rotate % /x PropHeight JailBar sub 2 div JailBar add def /x PropHeight 2 div def $CAPTION2 x y CenterShow grestore PropHeight 2 div dup dup translate 45 rotate neg dup translate gsave /x PropHeight 2 div def /y PropHeight JailPictureY sub def x y translate 1 1 scale -27 -11 translate (startbutton.eps) run grestore /x PropHeight 2 div def /y PropHeight JailInY sub def JailFont JailFontSize UseFont $NAME1 x y CenterShow /y PropHeight JailJailY sub def $NAME2 x y CenterShow } def /DrawMicropolyFreeSoftwareCorner { PropHeight 2 div dup dup translate 45 rotate neg dup translate FreeParkingFont FreeParkingFontSize UseFont gsave /x PropHeight 2 div def /y PropHeight FreeParkingPictureY sub def x y translate 1 1 scale -27 -11 translate (startbutton.eps) run grestore /x PropHeight 2 div def /y PropHeight FreeParkingFreeY sub def $NAME1 x y CenterShow /y PropHeight FreeParkingParkingY sub def $NAME2 x y CenterShow } def /DrawMicropolyCrashAndReinstallCorner { PropHeight 2 div dup dup translate 45 rotate neg dup translate GoToJailFont GoToJailFontSize UseFont gsave /x PropHeight 2 div def /y PropHeight GoToJailPictureY sub def x y translate 1 1 scale -27 -11 translate (startbutton.eps) run grestore /x PropHeight 2 div def /y PropHeight GoToJailCaption1Y sub def $NAME1 x y CenterShow NewLine $NAME2 x y CenterShow /y PropHeight GoToJailCaption2Y sub def $CAPTION1 x y CenterShow NewLine $CAPTION2 x y CenterShow } def