I do not BELIEVE this. (Thanks to the newly relocated Sara and whoever provided her the original link.) It completely baffles my mind that Netscape is getting sucked under. Or, excuse me, becoming part of the "integration of varied business units" of the Evil Empire. Ugh. Their bullshit jargon makes me ill, and the fact that in a couple years no one will be able to have a single thought that Bill Gates didn't plant in our heads makes me more ill.

Here's my favorite part, from Netscape's president: "We call them the 'a la carte' crowd. (Netscape users) have a perceived interest in finding their own things." Well gee, I guess those of us interested in finding our own things are going to have to look elsewhere. It's not like this is some kind of dinky, wacky alternative software that Microsoft is going to gobble alive -- this is NETSCAPE. And it's not even like I'm some huge Netscape-loving activist... I have been using it all along, but only because it was what was just there on my computer. That's the whole point, huh -- that it was just an alternative, and alternatives are unacceptable. For forty million people. Forty million of us a la cart-ers.

You know, I have this friend who just graduated from college and is going out to Seattle to become a slave to Bill. On my vacation, we're driving from San Fransisco to Seattle -- he's going to be the last stop on the tour. Do you think I could perform some drastic act of sabotage? Maybe spray paint "Save Netscape" on some perfect green Microsoftian lawn? Or on Bill's forehead?