Borg Sighting

[Benjamin Barrett]

The Borg are a people in Star Trek: The Next Generation who incorporate new
technologies and biological beings that they meet. The Borg are ruthless in
abducting beings and stealing technologies once they make up their
collective mind. More at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg.

Here's a citation for Borg in today's Seattle Times, comparing Microsoft to
the Borg:

Saturday, June 25, 2005
RSS delivery system wins over Microsoft
By Kim Peterson <mailto:kpeterson at seattletimes.com>

"What you've proved to us today is once again, you are establishing
Microsoft as the standards-setting organization," said Bob Wyman, co-founder
of PubSub, a New York-based service that tracks online content for users.
"Why isn't Microsoft acting like it is not a Borg instead of continuing to
be a Borg?"

Benjamin Barrett
Baking the World a Better Place
www.hiroki.us