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to do, interoperability-wise?

10 points d. Stop spreading fear, uncertainty, and doubt over Linux

The "significant" announcement precedes next week's meeting of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) on whether to declare Microsoft's Open Office XML format an industry standard. Purely a coincidence, of course.

Question 10:  What's Linkin Park times Microsoft's 'significance' times missiles?

10 points b. 240 million

Linkin' Park played six tunes outside Apple's SoHo store. The word "significant" appears four times in Microsoft's release (and was used seven more times in the press conference). The modified missiles cost $10 million a piece (though we understand volume discounts are available). So 6 x 4 x 10 million = 240 million. Is it too late to drop tech journalism and get into the missile biz? Check back next week for another explosive quiz.


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