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Space Force - NetFlix - John Malkovich - Dr. Adrian Mallard - "Fuck Microsoft"

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A short clip from the Netflix series Space Force in which John Malkovich's character delivers a profanity-laden rant about Microsoft.

Posted as a joke or pop-culture reference in threads complaining about Microsoft software behavior.

4 comments from Hacker News

@workfromspace2026-04 · in “Artemis computer running two instances of MS outlook; they can't figure out why”

OMG, this almost became real: ▶ this video ("Fuck Microsoft" scene from the Netflix TV Series: Space Force)

@Jotalea2026-04 · in “Artemis computer running two instances of MS outlook; they can't figure out why”

This situation reminds me of that one scene where a computer starts automatically updating, and the manager screams "F*CK MICROSOFT" ▶ this video

@btbuildem2024-04 · in “Microsoft is a national security threat: ex-White House cyber policy director”

While this brings to mind that scene [1] from Steve Carrel's "Space Force" show, you can't blame the scorpion for stinging you if you give him a ride on your back. The dependency on (pretty much) a single vendor across the entire military organization is such a monumental single point of failure, I can't imagine what level of obtuse bureaucracy led them there. It seems self-inflicted at best; if it wasn't MS it would've been some other corp. IMO the military (especially given their incredible size and access to resources) should have 100% rolled their own IT solutions from first principles, and built upon that. 1: ▶ this video

@justinclift2024-02 · in “Microsoft stole my Chrome tabs, and it wants yours, too”

How could they be unaware? It's such a widely hated behaviour that tv shows take the piss out of them for it: ▶ this video