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Microsoft, Military Announce Operation Red, White and Blue Screen of Death
2003-04-01
Read it, you know you want to.
A Microsoft spokesman announced today at Central Command in the desert of Qatar, that Microsoft recently helped the allied war effort by donating 100,000 fully licensed copies of Windows 95 to the current Iraqi regime.
The horror! Clearly, this is against all rules of civilized warfare!
Posted by:Steve

#6  Were they upgrades or fresh installs?
Posted by: Doug De Bono   2003-04-01 17:19:27  

#5  I thought Colorado Springs was the only place with that kind of a warped sense of humor. Looking over our list of 'candidates', it's a pretty sick joke. And once again, they left out "None of the Above".
Posted by: Old Patriot   2003-04-01 13:20:37  

#4  Win95? The fully-unsupported one they don't sell any more? Nice gesture, I suppose, but sounds like warehouse space clearance with side of tax deduction.
Posted by: John A   2003-04-01 13:14:19  

#3  We know that it is April Fool's Day in Anchorage, Alaska because we are having municipal elections as we speak.....
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2003-04-01 12:45:50  

#2  Sigh. It's April 1st, isn't it?
Posted by: Fred   2003-04-01 11:19:13  

#1  In other news, U.N. weapons inspectof Hans Blix said today that there is no evidence that the Iraqi regime has been using Linux.
Posted by: Mike   2003-04-01 11:17:58  

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