Thursday, 16 January 2003 CST

Perilous appliances, by Microsoft

There has been a running gag in the computer industry for many, many years that Microsoft-made cars would be crap. Now that Microsoft is trying to get into the consumer appliance business, they indeed seem to be living up to the myth.

On a recent skiing expedition that went wrong, a man risked death using a Microsoft cellular phone. He was fortunately saved by someone who had a Nokia cell phone. And in related news, Microsoft's cell phone technology is continuing the company's practice of horrible security.

Are you still feeling good about their technology?

kherr @ 12:47 CST | link | tech