-- On 29 Aug 2003 at 9:47, Tim May wrote:
Not surprising that this "appropriation of the term" (darknet) came from our friends in Redmond.
No, no, they do not appropriate, they embrace and extend. You know all the ads for "the butterfly" (end user controlled censorware) Not only does their censorware technology have a striking resemblance to surfmonkey's technology, but their human actor playing the butterfly bears a striking resemblance to the CEO of surfmonkey, who made a presentation to them wearing a monkey suit, that somewhat resembles their butterfly suit. In defence of the brigands from Redmond, their extensions genuinely are improvements for the most part. "Darknet" is an improvement on "blacknet", since it really does come in shades of gray. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG 4QdufdOaOhUa+mGrceEOvnk1dbk9Z8V95fQLpJS4 4NUI3IV11A9C5CArRurHqpSq9Byspr52o2aXNMPzW