Clippy later filed a sexual harassment suit against Microsoft claiming anti-Gay discrimination. They settled out of court for an undisclosed amount of money.
--- Chet Gardiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not to mention: > > 1996: Ban Bob Petition > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bobboot1.png > "/Microsoft Bob/ was intended to be a > user-friendly interface for > Microsoft Windows version 3.2, replacing the > /Program Manager > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Program_Manager>/. The > project was at one > point managed by Melinda French > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melinda_Gates>, who at > the time was Bill > Gates <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates>' > girlfriend (the two > later married).^[2] > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob#_note-1> > > At the time French left Microsoft, she was Product > Unit Manager for a > group which included /Bob/ and three other Microsoft > titles." > > And Bill had to marry her to kill Bob??? > > ------------------- > > 2001: Kill Klippy Kampaign > > > http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2001/apr01/04-11clippy.mspx > > ------------------- > > Did this one work? > "A PETITION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNMANAGED VISUAL > BASIC AND VISUAL > BASIC FOR APPLICATIONS" > http://classicvb.org/petition/ > > > > > Whil Hentzen (Pro*) wrote: > > Michael Madigan wrote: > > > >> I'm curious. Can anyone name a single instance > in the > >> history of man where an on-line petition made a > >> difference? > >> > > > > 1215 Magna Carta > > > > 1776 Declaration of Independence > > > > 1905 Bloody Sunday > > > > ??? > > > > Whil > > > > > > ____________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: > http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, > are the opinions of the author, and do not > constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are > too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
