Net Humor

From: "Larry Fox" <larry_fox_@email.msn.com>
To: "Christopher Baker" <cbaker84@digital.net>
Subject: Did you get you CD yet? ;)
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 1997 13:26:30 -0400

Thought you might enjoy this which was sent to me this morning.

TOP TEN THINGS OVERHEARD FROM THE IE 4.0 LAUNCH TEAM

Those Microsoft developers sure love to talk. Here are the top ten quotes from our secret sources deep inside the Microsoft browser development team. Of course, they'll deny every one...

10.

"Yeah, we'll remove PointCast and AOL support in the *next* version."

9.

"Let's make it really, really big!"

8.

"Put me down for ten bucks that marketing changes the name of DNA and COM+ within three months."

7.

"OK, how much slower should the Mac version be?"

6.

"Do you think we can bundle Office with the browser?"

5.

"The great thing about Active Desktop is that the user will never know that we're sending their system configurations back to Redmond!"

4.

"Let's put this new Java extension in just to see what Sun does."

3.

"Come on, you know Bill's not gonna be happy with only 95 percent of the market."

2.

"No, I don't think 700 push channels is too many. Do you?"

1.

"Oh, forget the DOJ--they're a bunch of wimps!"