| Carl Guderian on Fri, 20 Aug 2004 18:25:16 +0200 (CEST) |
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| Re: <nettime> MS tweaks national sovereignty, animated GIF at 11 |
This story got a good working-over on Slashdot. Microsoft aren't entirely guilty on this. The Kashmir issue would land them in legal hot water with India or Pakistan, however they decided. Saudi feelings to the contrary, MS got it right with Age of Empires: opposing armies *do* convert enemies temples when they don't knock them down, e.g., the Hagia Sophia. Microsoft are guilty of a lot of things, but on cultural ignorance they're no worse than anybody else. Except with F/LOSS people, and MS are all over them like Crusaders on Cathars. Carl --- nettime's_roving_reporter <[email protected]> wrote: > [via <[email protected]>. so many possible metacommentaries, > so little time... -- cheers, t] > > > http://news.com.com/2102-1014_3-5316664.html?tag=st.util.print > > > How eight pixels cost Microsoft millions <...> # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: [email protected] and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected]