Friday, October 25, 2002

New York Tells Microsoft to Get Its Butterfly Decals Out of Town. Two days after city inspectors ripped up illegal Nike advertising decals glued to sidewalks along Central Park West, Microsoft unleashed a swarm of large adhesive butterflies in Manhattan. By David W. Dunlap. [New York Times: Technology] Great, now the New York Times has given Microsoft exactly what they wanted -- publicity over the stickers. Microsoft doesn't care that it's environmentally unfriendly, and they sure as hell don't care about any fine -- they'll pay that out of petty cash. 6:36:23 AM

Letter: Free Software Hurts U.S.. Separate missives penned by a handful of congressmen apparently attack the software license that governs Linux -- and one calls for its explicit rejection in the U.S. cybersecurity plan. But authors of the second note say they're misunderstood. By Robert McMillan. [Wired News] Let's sit and wait, and see how long it takes for it to be discovered that these congresscritters received large donations from Microsoft... 6:20:34 AM

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