It's interesting when you compare the olds with the news.

The great acquisition of the supposedly market-leading antivirus vendor that nobody knew only caused a stir back then — otherwise it was simply irrelevant.

The immunity of US soldiers is a disgrace, especially given the torture in Iraq. It probably had good reason that immunity was enforced — after all, it seems the US administration had long planned torture as a tool in its fight against terrorism.

Sun's claim that Linux users didn't really want Linux was already a laugh back then — but it's become particularly funny given all the egg dances Sun has performed in the meantime.

IP addresses being sold on the black market — no idea what came of that. I suspect it's still being sold. After all, the actual problem hasn't really changed.

Homeland Security is still a bunch of lunatics and overreach is the order of the day. However, they're no longer hunting as many runaway Democrats.

And while the CSU may not like penguins, Munich got them anyway. And gradually the project seems to be really taking off, after apparently there was stronger resistance to Linux in administration initially.