(137) Wed 19 Nov 97 2:08 By: Christopher Baker To: All Re: Re: Microsoft does god? St: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @EID:c67f 23731100 @MSGID: 1:18/14 3472908A @PID: GenMsg 5.00 [0002] @Date: 19 Nov 97 07:08:58 UTC * Copy of message posted via A_THEIST * Date: 19 Nov 97 01:44:47 * From: Christopher Baker * To: All * Message text was not edited! From: "Mike Riddle" Date: Mon, 17 Nov 97 09:37:30 -0600 Reply-To: "Mike Riddle" Subject: Fwd: Microsoft Announces God Upgrade ==================BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE================== Subject: Microsoft Announces God Upgrade Here is the follow up on Microsoft buying our government...... REDMOND, Wash. - Oct. 29, 1997 -- Microsoft Corporation today announced its intent to purchase, copyright, and upgrade God. The new product would be named, predictably enough, "Microsoft God," and would be available to consumers sometime in late 1999. "Too many people feel separated from God in today's world," said Dave McCavaugh, director of Microsoft's new Religions division. "Microsoft God will make the Lord more accessible, and will add an easy, intuitive user interface to Him, rendering Him not only easier to find, but easier to communicate with." The new Microsoft Religions line will be expanded to include a multitude of add-on products to Microsoft God, including: Microsoft Mission: This conversion product will bring all worshipper accounts and prayer files over from previous versions of God such as G-d and Allah, or from competing products such as Buddha and Vishnu. Microsoft God for the World Wide Web: This product ties Microsoft God with Microsoft Internet Information Server, making the Lord accessible from the World Wide Web using a standard Web browser interface. It introduces several new Web technologies, including Dynamic Salvation and Active Prayer Pages (APP): Donations for the poor can be donated via a Secure Alms Server. Microsoft Prayers: Using a Windows-based WYSIWYG interface, this product will allow worshippers to construct effective prayers in a minimum of time. A Secure Prayer Channel technology allows guaranteed delivery of the prayer to Microsoft God servers, and Prayer Wizards enable users to construct new types of prayers with a minimum learning curve. Microsoft Savior: This product will allow worshippers to transfer their sins to its internal Vice Database. After a preset interval, the product will erase itself from the user's system and establish a clear line of secure communications to the user's Microsoft God server. Additionally, Microsoft is expected to announce a line of complementary products for the new Religions line, which will enhance the functionality of the Microsoft God server product by providing a customized user interface. These interfaces will be based on some of the most popular religious sects, allowing worshippers to interact with the new God product in much the same way as the previous version. This line is expected to include Microsoft Non-sectarian Christianity, Microsoft Catholicism, Microsoft Judaism (incompatible with Microsoft Savior), etc. Competitor Netscape Communications meanwhile denied rumors that it is planning to release a competing product, Netscape Ahriman, that would attempt to render Microsoft God installations incompatible. About Microsoft Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software for personal computers, and democratic government. The company offers a wide range of products and services for public, business and personal use, each designed with the mission of making it easier and more enjoyable for people to take advantage of the full power of personal computing and free society every day. About God Here since the Beginning, God is the most successful entity in the Universe, and has been an object of worship for thousands of years. Headquartered in Heaven, God is a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation. ===================END FORWARDED MESSAGE=================== -30- - DB B2300sl/001027 @ Origin: Rights On!-Host/Moderator of A_THEIST-Edgewater_FL_USA (1:18/14) @PATH: 18/14 --- GenMsg [0002] (cbaker84@digital.net) * Origin: Rights On! - Religion Free Always! - Edgewater_FL_USA (1:18/14) SEEN-BY: 12/12 218/890 1001 270/101 353/250 396/1 3615/50 51 3804/180 @PATH: 18/14 374/98 46 3651/9 396/1 3615/50 218/1001