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[Gina Norman <gina AT vnet.net>]

> 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.

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gina AT earthling.net (me personally, again -- sick of me yet?  ;)
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