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What does "muffing its earliest effort" mean?

 
 
Reply Thu 6 Feb, 2014 11:15 am
"Shifting its earliest effort (to something else)"?

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A Different Gates Is Returning to Microsoft
By NICK WINGFIELDFEB. 5, 2014
Inside
SEATTLE — The last time Bill Gates played an active role at Microsoft, as chief software architect, he witnessed the company muffing its earliest efforts to become a major player in search, smartphones and tablet computers.
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Reply Thu 6 Feb, 2014 11:20 am
it means messing up it's earliest effort
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Reply Thu 6 Feb, 2014 11:34 am
@oristarA,
No offense Ori, as I realize that some countries censor their inhabitants' access to certain web sites, I'm wondering if yours is one of such

http://onelook.com/?w=muff&ls=a
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Reply Thu 6 Feb, 2014 11:46 am
I love Muffin The Mule.

http://www.maskandpuppet.co.uk/shop/images/1722Hasler.jpg

Quiet at the back.

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