IP: Microsoft caught using a Mac? Say it isn't true.

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

>  >From: Peter Langston <psl () langston com>
> Date: Tue,  5 Oct 99 11:19:34 -0700
>
>
> As most already know, MS Office files contain headers that convey a
> reasonable amount of information about the producer of the document.  This
> can have ironic side effects, as witnessed in an analysis of Microsoft's
> annual report at http://www.macintouch.com/msannual.html.
>
> "The file headers indicate that [Microsoft's] annual report was created
>  on a Macintosh
>                and not Windows"
>
>
> The headers also contain the name of the author of the report, who is,
> I'm sure, having a bad day today.