[thelist] Microsoft, the inventor of XML!

its okay now.
matt sent me the link and i shot a letter to the editor as well;)

I went through the same thing during the etoys campaign.
[snip]
In a Associated Press news story by MARTHA MENDOZA AP Business Writer
Datelined Wednesday January 26 3:40 PM ET:
"The settlement marks the conclusion of yet another controversy over domain
names as renegade Internet developers create controversial Web sites
offensive to corporations."
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http://www.lemurzone.com/edit/converse18.htm
martha is better now.....

dan stetser sent us this......
He attributed the mistake to
a "Senior MS Exec's account" for the invention story. And apologized
for not double checking.

double checking????
#@&(*(* !!
the whole piece screams;
"HI BILL I wanna job being your spin doctor!!!!!!"
but he is entitled to his opinion...

One of the complaints people have with the web is determining the veracity
of information they see on the web. As more and more businesses and websites
appear, sifting through sites becomes problematic as News organizations such
as the washington post, an internationally respected newspaper makes such a
blunder.

We can blow it off to an honest mistake, but then we become a party to
locker room learning and information dissemination.. and we already know how
much of that there already is.