In a surprise move, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates announced yesterday that he has purchased the entire calendar year of 1998. 1998 will be replaced instead by “Year-M” to be followed by actual 1998.

“Windows 98 was not going to ship on schedule,” Gates said. “But we couldn’t change the name again… people were starting to get confused. So instead of spending a lot of time and money on a new marketing campaign we decided just to buy 1998. That way we get an extra year to debug Windows and get it shipped for what will be the new 1998.”

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