Windows 98 Last-Minute Tweaks
Next11th-hour tweaks for Windows '98 by Microsoft
- Included subliminal "Impeach Janet Reno" messages in start-up screen.
- New Internet Explorer feature: whenever you visit a Web site ending in ".gov," a message first appears reminding you that Microsoft is not a monopoly.
- Source code no longer ones and zeros--try 666s and zeros. Windows start-up theme, played backward, says, "Here's to my sweet Satan."
- Comes with check for $50 that, if cashed, puts your name on an Internet petition telling the DOJ to buzz off and changes your long distance carrier to AT&T.
- New desktop icon--click once, and $1 will go directly from your checking account into the Microsoft Legal Defense Fund.
- Added new template to preinstalled version of Word: "Letter to the editor expressing delight with Microsoft products."
- Freebie computer-controlled Barney doll has been reprogrammed to say, "Big government is sca-a-ary. Janet tried to hurt me."
- TV function scrambles C-Span during antitrust hearings.
- Desktop display with countdown tracking number of copies of Windows 98 that must yet be bought to prevent worldwide economic collapse!
- Last-minute name change: was "Windows 98," now "Windows: Assimilate."
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