FLASH!! The iLoo (just like M$ security, btw) is a hoax

Post #101,614 by bbronson 5/13/03 8:39:39 AM Reply	FLASH!! The iLoo (just like M$ security, btw) is a hoax [link\|http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,86731,00.html\|http://www.foxnews.c...933,86731,00.html] "This iLoo release came out of the UK office and was not a Microsoft sanctioned communication and we apologize for any confusion or offense it may have caused," Microsoft spokeswoman Bridgitt Arnold said late Monday." Hmm, confusion? I guess so. I was pretty confused that M$ was putting its software where it truly belonged. Offense? Only to portable toilets the world over. Brian Bronson
Post #101,628 by Silverlock 5/13/03 9:41:54 AM Reply	"Hoax"? Confirmed by 3 sources, but it's described as a hoax. Could it be that disavowing it as a hoax keeps them out of court for stealing it? [link\|http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9442\|Link] ----------------------------------------- We have not had a Republican ex-president since Eisenhower who did not get a pardon or give one to his predecessor or staff
Post #101,635 by bbronson 5/13/03 10:18:37 AM Reply	Would the home of 'trustworthy computing' lie? Interesting link. I hadn't run across that story. But it does fit with M$ business practices. Brian Bronson
Post #101,790 by bluke 5/14/03 6:10:34 AM Reply	Microsoft iLoo was no hoax - official [link\|http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/30686.html\|Microsoft iLoo was no hoax - official] "... In a statement issued last night Microsoft UK had this to say. The MSN iLoo was not false or a hoax. ... Earlier this week the monster company said that the iLoo press release came out of the UK and that it was not a Microsoft-sanctioned communication. Except, it's now clear that it was genuine. Someone, somewhere has cocked up. Someone, somewhere is clearly "off message" and definitely not singing from the same hymn sheet". How amusing."
Post #101,792 by drewk 5/14/03 7:38:44 AM Reply	Speaking of which ... [link\|http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20030514&mode=classic\|Where do you want to go today?] === Implicitly condoning stupidity since 2001.
Post #101,912 by Ashton 5/14/03 6:40:55 PM Reply	{glorp} perfect pun + Cthulhu too: Irreverence Award! w/ asp

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