If I had any choice I would never use a Microsoft product again. Unfortunately, Microsoft has infiltrated an conquered the office in which I work. Therefore the “office” I work in is Microsoft Office (I know that isn’t funny). Lately I have been watching all the old videos where Mac makes fun of Windows, and Windows makes fun of Mac. Whether professionally produced or made by avid fans of one or the other technology, these videos are in general entertaining.

One little point that Microsoft or its fan base constantly poke fun at is the bouncing Mac application icons. Macintosh decided that to let its users know when an application was loading, they would make the icon for that application bounce. Annoying? Maybe. Useful? Yes. After years of this criticism (and I have the video to prove it), Microsoft came out with Windows Vista and Office 2007. If you are currently using a program from Office 2007 I would direct your attention to the upper left hand corner of the screen. There you will see the Windows Pearl, and what is it doing? Blinking.

In a beyond obnoxious way, Microsoft has overlooked their previous and oft repeated slight on the “Mac Bounce” which actually has some use, and put in what amounts to a blinking icon on the task bar of Windows Vista and in every Office program. You may ask yourself, “What is the function of this blinking pearl?” Possibly to annoy? Most would conclude that it has no function, but I think its Microsoft’s way of letting a user know that they are using a Microsoft product and, more importantly, it hasn’t crashed yet.

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