Windows Vista is Male
He could have said, “Our competitors are trying to limit the power of the OS,” but, instead, Bill Gates has said that Microsoft’s competitors are trying to castrate Vista.
I find I don’t anthropomorphize the various material objects around me… much less the abstract realm of software… and when I do, I don’t sexualize my software. I’ve never said, “Man, that Microsoft Word has hairy balls,” or, “My RoR project needs a training bra.” I’ve said, “The code is angry!” and, maybe once, “This method’s being bitchy,” but never assigned a gender identity to the software I’ve worked on or with. That’s just weird, man.