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Microsoft has its own language: 230 acronyms to describe everything from its myriad of licenses and products to different business units and target markets. They have evolved during the company's thirty odd years with a clear purpose: to help speed up meetings and streamline discussions by ensuring everybody's on the same page …

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  1. Frank
    Happy

    Even Better, From Dilbert....

    "Do you want to work on the TTP project?"

    "What does TPP stand for?"

    "The TPP Project"

  2. Anonymous Coward
    Alien

    MS ought to publish that spreadsheet...

    ...so that we know what the hell they're talking about in all their recent press releases.

  3. Kenji Takeda
    Happy

    www.microsoft.com/esp

    It's not hard to find out what Microsoft ESP is about. Type it into Google, or just go to www.microsoft.com/esp. I remember when journalists used to do research ;)

    It is a name, not an acronym, in this context.

    Anyway, it is the professional version simulation engine derived from the 25 year old Microsoft Flight Simulator product line. All fun stuff!!!

    Dr Kenji Takeda

    University of Southampton

    www.ktakeda.net

  4. Hollerith

    Actually, I knew that already

    I also do tarot, with the self-same powers.

  5. vegas
    Linux

    riiight.

    Enterprise Simulation Platform

    gg register gg

  6. Steve P

    Doesn't stop them overloading acronyms though

    VSS. Visual Source Safe. Or Volume Shadow Services.

  7. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Other meanings

    include 'encapsulating security payload', 'event stream processing', 'emergency service pack', and 'extra sex please'.

    http://www.acronymfinder.com/ESP.html

  8. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Not an acronym

    At least, that's what MS says.

    http://www.microsoft.com/esp/faq_esp.htm

  9. Bob

    Don't panic

    It's just the New Zealan localized version of Active Server Pages

  10. Peter Bradley
    Thumb Up

    We use it

    We moved from ASP.NET to ESP.NET when we discovered that managers expected us to develop for as yet unstated future requirements. I understand that this is not uncommon and therefore expect ESP.NET to become the language of choice for a large number of developers in the near future.

  11. n
    Coat

    Re: acronyms

    "I remember when journalists used to do research ;)"

    I remember when researchers used to do research.

    Dr n

    Central University of Networking Technology

  12. Colin Millar
    Alert

    Execrable Steaming Pile

    Researchers used to research? When was that? When I was a researcher I spent all my time redrafting my CV. Research is for geeks. Journalism is for press officers. Cut and paste is for journalists.

  13. JP Strauss
    Gates Horns

    ESP?

    As in [E]vil [S]inister [P]lot?

  14. Prophy
    Boffin

    ESP?

    Extended Stack Pointer, shirley?

    Mine's the one from the dark old days of hand-assembled code...

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