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Friday, July 07, 2006

Bill Gates.



Yes, in an article yesterday in the International Herald Tribune reported that Microsoft is planning to unveil it's own competitor to the iPod. At this point I wish them the very best of luck.

Sure it will be at least as successful as thier previous attempt.. you know the ... er.. what was it called...

They are forgetting that the cardinal rule these days is counter-culture, and underground. Hence firefox, linux, and the rest of the open source gang. So, when I see good ol' Bill standing on stage touting his 'cool' new gadget, I will reach for a pair of white iPod headphones, to drone it out... kind of like the rest of you will too..