5/7/2003: Microsoft iLoo - Page 2

doc · 05-09-2003, 11:44 AM

Oh, but it's "Butter with a better fly"

juju · 05-09-2003, 11:50 AM

Burned by Slashdot again. I think about 90% of their stories are outright false, and the other 10% are misleading.

05-09-2003, 11:53 AM

Slashdot == fucktards. I only visit http://apple.slashdot.org now, and that's only because they occasionally have links to informative articles. Slashdot, on the whole, sucks.

Undertoad · 05-09-2003, 12:20 PM

Well, if this is a fake, it's a well-embedded one; I checked news.google.com for stories on it before I posted the entry, and there were quite many of them. Amongst them is Wired, ZDNet, major newspapers.

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ed...nG=Search+News

juju · 05-09-2003, 12:28 PM

Hmm.. there's even a story about it on microsoft's site.

http://www.microsoft.com/uk/press/co...05/PR03049.asp

doc · 05-09-2003, 12:45 PM

Hmm, now that link is interesting juju. I'm researching what I can internally now.

Undertoad · 05-13-2003, 10:01 AM

Now, a week later, MS UK is saying that they did it as a hoax.

doc · 05-13-2003, 10:56 AM

Even within some of the internal MS mailing lists there was TOO much speculation whether it was a hoax or not. Here's a link I found stating it's a hoax
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/interne....ap/index.html

Undertoad · 05-13-2003, 08:29 PM

And now it reverses AGAIN! It wasn't a hoax, but now it's cancelled. MS itself said it was a hoax when it actually wasn't. The whole thing is a PR mess:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...928EDT0358.DTL

05-09-2003, 11:44 AM	#16
doc Caste-Away Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 48	Oh, but it's "Butter with a better fly" __________________ --- \|> /\ \/ @

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doc Caste-Away Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 48	Hmm, now that link is interesting juju. I'm researching what I can internally now. __________________ --- \|> /\ \/ @

05-13-2003, 10:56 AM	#23
doc Caste-Away Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 48	Even within some of the internal MS mailing lists there was TOO much speculation whether it was a hoax or not. Here's a link I found stating it's a hoax http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/interne....ap/index.html __________________ --- \|> /\ \/ @

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05-09-2003, 11:50 AM	#17
juju no one of consequence Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,839	Burned by Slashdot again. I think about 90% of their stories are outright false, and the other 10% are misleading.

05-09-2003, 11:53 AM	#18
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Slashdot == fucktards. I only visit http://apple.slashdot.org now, and that's only because they occasionally have links to informative articles. Slashdot, on the whole, sucks.

05-09-2003, 12:20 PM	#19
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Well, if this is a fake, it's a well-embedded one; I checked news.google.com for stories on it before I posted the entry, and there were quite many of them. Amongst them is Wired, ZDNet, major newspapers. http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ed...nG=Search+News

05-09-2003, 12:28 PM	#20
juju no one of consequence Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,839	Hmm.. there's even a story about it on microsoft's site. http://www.microsoft.com/uk/press/co...05/PR03049.asp

05-13-2003, 10:01 AM	#22
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Now, a week later, MS UK is saying that they did it as a hoax.

05-13-2003, 08:29 PM	#24
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	And now it reverses AGAIN! It wasn't a hoax, but now it's cancelled. MS itself said it was a hoax when it actually wasn't. The whole thing is a PR mess: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...928EDT0358.DTL

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