Miata Mailing List: September 1999, Message #199

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The residents of Silicon Valley are more confused than usual after a 
billboard campaign by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society of America 
used this line in an ad slogan:

      "MS: It's not a software company"

exploiting the fame of a certain company to draw attention to an altogether 
worthier cause. Requests to comment on the campaign have been met by a 
surly silence by Microsoft, which doesn't relish the association of ideas, 
but is painfully aware that it can't afford to appear insensitive over such 
an issue.

Seasoned information technology professionals will have no trouble telling 
the two MS's apart:

      One is a debilitating and surprisingly widespread
      affliction that renders the sufferer barely able to
      perform the simplest task.

      The other is a disease.

Paul
mailto:williamp@bit-net.com
Merrimack, NH
Home of the "Screamer" (99 Silver TP)
and "Miss Piggy" (33' MSV Pursuit Motorhome)
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