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Today's news evokes memories of a famous sellout 300 years ago, commemorated in verse by Robert Burns http://www.macbraveheart.freeserve.co.uk/html/people/robert_burns/rogues.htm Farewell to all browser choice, farewell all innovation, To hell with all you other nerds, says the Bush administration, Now XP owns all the IP bands, open source a forgotten notion, Because now Bill G's dominance stands, Such a parcel of rogues in a nation What hype nor guile could not subdue, through browser warring ages, Is wrought now by a coward few, for monstrous lawyers' wages, Bill G's code we could disdain, standards our preservation, But Bill G's gold has been our bane, Such a parcel of rogues in a nation Oh would ne'er I had seen the day, that treason thus befell us, My old grey head should be buried in the clay, with Java and dear old Linux Tho'w e don't have power 'til my last hour, I'll make this declaration, We were bought and sold for Bill G's gold, Such a parcel of rogues in a nation -- _______________________________________________ Talk More, Pay Less with Net2Phone Direct(R), up to 1500 minutes free! http://www.net2phone.com/cgi-bin/link.cgi?143
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