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  • From: Gina Norman <gina AT vnet.net>
  • To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: MS How-To-Disable Smart Tags
  • Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 14:32:42 -0400 (EDT)


> What if instead of controlling web pages, Microsoft gained control over
> newspapers or radio? Would it be OK for Microsoft to sell the ability to
> modify newspapers articles to the highest paying lobbiest? The
> web is a broadcast medium like newspapers, radio, and television, and to
> give
> one corporation the ability to control content is very, very dangerous.

Honestly, I'm usually the last person to suspect any "big brotherism," but
this latest from Microsoft is *really* awful! That they could insert
their choice of links into any content -- (eloquence escapes me at this
point) -- EWWWWW!

-Gina

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My brain seems to have a circuit-breaker-like mechanism that, when I get
confused and befuddled by the overwhelming monstrosities of my life,
causes a default to the simplest and most pleasant of thoughts. Like
Marshmallow Peeps. I *like* Marshmallow Peeps.

Gina Norman And the only bit that
gina AT vnet.net (me personally) really matters:
ginanorm AT nortelnetworks.com (me at work) http://users.vnet.net/gina
gina AT earthling.net (me personally, again -- sick of me yet? ;)
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