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MS Putting the Squeeze on Alternative Audio

renard writes: "Some interesting developments during the last two days of the Microsoft antitrust trial, as reported by AP: MS Executive Linda Averett has admitted that Internet Explorer trumps user preferences for audio playback, and explains away a failure of IE6 searches to find RealAudio sites as a "mistake by the search team." My personal favorite: an MS-internal email exchange where one employee suggests that everyone "Remember the 'embrace and extend' campaigns we've used in the past," and an MS executive admonishes that "We need to keep all of this off the airwaves." See also related stories at Yahoo, CNN, and the NYT."

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  1. This just in: power corrupts by sensate_mass · · Score: 0, Funny
    In other news, water runs downhill.

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  2. Stupid Employees! Bad! Bad! by Lokni · · Score: 1, Funny

    Interesting.. Once again Microsoft proves just how stupid their Rhode's scholar winning, 4.0 GPA, full ride to Haaahhhhvaaad (MIT, Cal-tech, Yale, etc.), over achieving, 1600 on the SAT, employees really are.

  3. Embrace and Extend? by Nept · · Score: 3, Funny

    Share and Enjoy!

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  4. As Nelson would Say....... by the_2nd_coming · · Score: 3, Funny

    HA HA.

    anyway.......

    my god, is it just me or do MS execs seem to just not get prosecuted for purgery?

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    1. Re:As Nelson would Say....... by calags · · Score: 3, Funny

      ...Purgery...??

      As far as I'm concerned MS execs can take as many laxatives as they want.

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  5. My Turkey-Baster Baby With Hemos by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I am a lesbian, deeply involved with a woman of lusty beauty such as most men will never know. Her hair is short and blonde. Her face is bold, with a nice sexy square jaw. She has small breasts, and muscular arms and legs, and even a slight hint of a six-pack. Just the mere thought of her body gets my juices flowing.

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    One day, while surfing on Slashdot, I learned about an interesting technique involving a turkey baster. The basic idea is that you fill a turkey baster with semen, then insert that tool into the vagina, and squeeze out its contents. With this in mind, I contemplated the idea of getting pregnant with this method, and having a baby with my partner.

    I approached my beautiful mate and asked him if she wanted to have a baby. Her face lit up! She seemed to be excited; imbued with new life! However, the euphoria rapidly dissipated when she came to the realization that she did not possess the proper equipment to get me pregnant. I quickly responded that "indeed you do have the right equipment! It's in the kitchen, I'll show you." Promptly, we waltzed into the kitchen and out of a drawer, I produced the turkey baster that would bring a new life into world.

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  6. I can see how it could happen... by Eric+Damron · · Score: 5, Funny

    "It was clearly a mistake by the search team..."

    This is true. The code is very complex and mistakes can easily be made...

    if player != realplayer
    addList(player);

    It could happen...

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  7. Wishful Thinking by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny


    I wish a beautiful memeber of the opposite sex would give me an embrace and extend campaign.

  8. More power to MS!! by Mulletproof · · Score: 2, Funny

    As a friend of mine so eloquently put, "Blocking Real Audio is a bad thing?"

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  9. Re:Just gets worse for MS by Eryq · · Score: 5, Funny

    MS line of reasoning:

    "The judge found us guilty... that *proves* they were biased against us!"

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  10. It WAS a mistake.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    And I imagine that the dialogue went something like this:

    Judge: "What about searches?"

    MS: "Oh, that was a mistake"

    Judge: "and the bit about IE ignoring preferences?"

    MS: "That was a mistake too."

    Judge: "Is there anything that you did that WASN'T a mistake?"

    MS: "No, your honor."

    Judge: "Can you explain these mistakes to me?"

    MS: "Umm, we got caught?"

  11. Re:Stop whining about MS.... QWZX by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The subject is beginning to show independent thought. This cannot be allowed. He must be made to follow the Slashdot edict that people whine about Microsoft and how powerless they are. Take him away and begin the reprogramming.

  12. Re:Ok, maybe I am naive.. by Black+Parrot · · Score: 2, Funny


    > The States came after Microsoft because they had dollar signs in their eyes. Nothing more, nothing less. They just wanted a piece of the pie. MS's competitors are just as bad. Why do you think all of MS's competitors are suddenly coming out of the woodwork and bringing on lawsuits? Because they know MS is in a state of weakness. What better way to eliminate your biggest competition than through litigation? Not to mention, being ruled a monopoly is a surefire way to ensure every con artist and halfwit who can't make it in the market on their own will slither out of the woodwork and make bogus claims against you. Oracle and Sun are a big example of this.

    So... What exactly do you do at Microsoft?

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  13. Re:Ok, maybe I am naive.. by Fig,+formerly+A.C. · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hasn't Microsoft ALWAYS had a monopoly in the Windows computer market? :-)

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  14. Re:How to shut up QuickTime's upgrade reminders by Wumpus · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hey, that circumvents a technological measure that controls access to copyrighted work!