I believe that Microsoft long ago figured how to manipulate the slashdot moderation system.
Watch. In any discussion about something that is possibly IMPORTANT to Microsoft, there are a ton of similar posts that go to +5 fast.
Cheers, Ben
"good ideas and bad code build communities, the other three combinations do not" - [link|http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2000-October/003023.html|Stefano Mazzocchi]