April Fools joke?

• Apr 1, 2002

• #1

Is this true:

http://www.microsoft.com@dmoz.org/April-01-2002_GOD_PR.html

or is it an april fools' joke? Hope it isn't true.... /images/icons/frown.gif

 

• Apr 1, 2002

• #2

If it is a April Fools joke, is there not legal jeopardy to Dmoz and AOL by putting a copyright on the home page with a trademarked name?

 

• Apr 1, 2002

• #3

Is a pledge of Allegiance to Microsoft needed now?

Oh I feel sorry for all those Linux loving editors in dmoz.

David Pendray

 

• Apr 1, 2002

• #4

I just removed my OS/2 from my computer, and installed Windows. At the moment I'm busy fetching megabytes of fixes through windows update. Brb, have to reboot _again_. /images/icons/wink.gif

BTW: how does "Microsoft Communicator" or "Microsoft Mozilla" sound? /images/dmoz/purplegrin.gif

 

• Apr 1, 2002

• #5

While you're at it check out the nice Microsoft headers and footers now appearing on ODP pages. I especially like the copywrite Bill Gates 2002 tag

 

• Apr 1, 2002

• #6

>...legal jeopardy to Dmoz and AOL by putting a copyright...

LIGHTEN UP !

(and no, there's not...)

 

• Apr 1, 2002

• #7

Check out the new "About" page: http://dmoz.org/about.html

Also note our new motto: "Monopolies do it better"!

We always speculate about what Keith and Bob are going to do for April 1st, and they always outdo anything we could imagine!

 

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• Apr 1, 2002

• #8

Hey I like the new layout of the category pages! Can we keep them?

 

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• Apr 1, 2002

• #9

Hey! Check out my profile and see where I say Open Directory Project? They changed it to Microsoft Directory! /images/icons/frown.gif

 

• Apr 1, 2002

• #10

<< Check out my profile and see where I say Open Directory Project? They changed it to Microsoft Directory! >>

Try adding Open Directory Project to your profile and it automatically changes it to Microsoft Directory Project freaky

 

• Apr 1, 2002

• #11

Notice they missed these two pages when name changing
http://dmoz.org/cgi-bin/feedback.cgi?
http://search.dmoz.org/cgi-bin/advanced_search.html
Also look at:
http://dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/
where the category changes and name has not been added. (Although all the subcategories and category descriptions have changed.)
DP

 

• Apr 1, 2002

• #12

Also notice that all category descriptions have been changed to say Microsoft Directory. See:
http://dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/desc.html

 

• Apr 1, 2002

• #13

Last year's April Fools joke for the public was:
http://dirt.netscape.com/newsref/pr/newsrelease040101.html

 

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• Apr 1, 2002

• #14

When looking at any URL that has an "@" in the very first part, the part before the "@" is actually a user name, so http://www.microsoft.com@dmoz.org/April-01-2002_GOD_PR.html is user "www.microsoft.com" at machine "dmoz.org".

This little trick is used by many a scoundrel in furthering his nefarious schemes.

 

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• Apr 1, 2002

• #15

The story has been picked up by Pandia. What's even cooler is that they've mentioned the Public Forum!

 

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• Apr 1, 2002

• #16

Even though the MDP was removed from dmoz.org , Google managed to cache the page. They're amazing! /images/icons/smile.gif

Check it out here.

 

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• Apr 1, 2002

• #17

Those pigeons at Google work fast.

http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html

-- Foe (yes, the above is Google's April Fools joke for today)

 

• Apr 2, 2002

• #18

GREAT and FUNNY this years April Fools joke

1st of April this year was one of the best. I'll remember it as long as I live. "Very funny". I'm still kind of laughing.

Thank you so much to those who did it.

For those who did not login on the 1st of April : I took some screenshots of some danish GOD pages :

http://www.claes.dk/index.php?id=2543

Wish for all to have a
/images/icons/smile.gif HAPPY SPRING and HAPPY SUMMER /images/icons/smile.gif

All the best
Claes(Denmark)