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[Michael Czeiszperger <czei AT webperformanceinc.com>]

On Tuesday, May 13, 2003, at 12:04  AM, Bill Geschwind wrote:

> Even though it was announced May 2nd, the Microsoft iLOO, that 
> porta-potty
> with the integrated internet access was just an elaborate April Fools 
> joke.
>
> http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-1001109.html?tag=fd_top

Hmmm...  The iLoo has all of the hallmarks of an April Fools joke, 
other than actually being announced in April, but now Microsoft admits 
it did have plans for an internet-enabled toilet:

From The San Jose Mercury News:

Microsoft's public relations embarrassment over its iLoo project grew 
worse still today after the company, which yesterday claimed the 
project was a hoax (see "Microsoft iLoo a load of crap"), revealed that 
it did indeed plan to develop an Internet-enabled portable toilet. But 
only for a short while. The iLoo project, conceived by some workers at 
MSN U.K,  was quickly scuttled after the folks in Redmond ... caught 
wind of it. "We really thought the iLoo was probably not the best 
extension of the MSN brand," MSN product manager Lisa Gurry told the 
Mercury News. "The concept of MSN services in a portable toilet, it's 
certainly unique. And apparently in line with British humor, but ..."


http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/30686.html


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