IP: Cute Parody

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 18:49:51 -0700
> To: farber () cis upenn edu, ip-sub-1 () majordomo pobox com
> From: Brett Glass <brett () lariat org>
> Subject: For IP: Cute Parody
>
> Dave:
>
> The pages at http://www.ms-monopoly.com/ contain a satirical version of 
> the game of Monopoly. As the name implies, it lampoons some of Microsoft's 
> activities and business practices, but does so in a very tasteful way. I 
> think that readers of IP -- even those who work for Microsoft itself -- 
> will find this site to be quite amusing.
>
> Hint: Try clicking the mouse on the squares of the game board and watch 
> what happens. (On many browsers, the pop-up window will not come to the 
> front when you click on a new square unless you've closed the previous 
> pop-up; this is due to a longstanding bug in JavaScript.) The pages 
> reached by clicking on the caption "I'm so mad I could sue!" are also 
> quite amusing.
>
> --Brett Glass