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  "title": "Toolbars and Java, Happy Meals and Lego",
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  "html": "<blockquote cite=\"http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,69080,00.html?tw=rss.TEK\">Google took a big step toward challenging Microsoft's dominance in computer word-processing and spreadsheets with the announcement Tuesday that it would distribute Java technology from Sun Microsystems.</blockquote>\n\n<p><small style=\"text-align:right; display:block\">Source: <a href=\"http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,69080,00.html?tw=rss.TEK\">Wired News: A Challenge to MS Office</a></small></p>\n<p>Errr... How does that follow?  Just because a Happy Meal comes bundled with LEGO Bricks doesn't mean McDonalds is challenging the housing construction industry.  </p>\n<p>And, since when was OpenOffice based on Java?  Last I heard, <a href=\"http://java.sun.com/nav/used/corel.html\">WordPerfect for Java</a> was doomed back in 1997.  I thought <a href=\"http://www.neooffice.org/\">NeoOfficeJ</a> was based in Java, but not OpenOffice.</p>\n<p>(<em>Update:</em>  <a href=\"http://www.multicon.de/fun/legofaq.html#a7\">It's Lego, not Legos</a>.  Also: <a href=\"http://www.adrants.com/2005/09/lego-gets-pissy-about-brand-name.php\" title=\"Adrants » LEGO Gets Pissy About Brand Name\">LEGO Gets Pissy About Brand Name</a>)</p>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\"><h3>Archived Comments</h3>\n<ul class=\"comments\">\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087032\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://blog.ryaneby.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=a39511a191d7d36ac030ae25f0fb3121&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://blog.ryaneby.com\">Eby</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221087032\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-10-06T05:08:16\">2005-10-06T05:08:16</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\"><p>Actually there was quite a hooplah about the parts of OpenOffice that are now written in Java (and require JRE). The licensing has caused some concern with some distros. I'm not sure what all came out of it but the article I read is below. I wouldn't say it's \"based on java\" but parts are heading there.</p>\n<p>http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/03/22/204244</p></div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087033\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=02b2184590d81d2280d2c9802b05fe83&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/\">Simon Brunning</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221087033\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-10-06T10:04:42\">2005-10-06T10:04:42</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\"><p>Arrrghh! It';s <em>Lego</em>, not legos!</p></div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087034\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.decafbad.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=2377f34a68801b861c3e54e1301f0dce&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.decafbad.com\">l.m.orchard</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221087034\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-10-06T10:50:23\">2005-10-06T10:50:23</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\"><p>Heh, I think I'd just read a \"Letter to the Editor\" piece in an Xbox magazine from someone at the Lego company with a laundry list of points where they'd abused the Lego brand like I did—i.e. Lego is plural; Lego <em>must</em> be followed by a trademark symbol; LEGO must be in caps... I forget all the stipulations.</p></div>\n\n\n</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n</div>\n\n\n",
  "body": "<blockquote cite=\"http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,69080,00.html?tw=rss.TEK\">Google took a big step toward challenging Microsoft's dominance in computer word-processing and spreadsheets with the announcement Tuesday that it would distribute Java technology from Sun Microsystems.</blockquote><small style=\"text-align:right; display:block\">Source: <a href=\"http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,69080,00.html?tw=rss.TEK\">Wired News: A Challenge to MS Office</a></small>\r\n\r\nErrr... How does that follow?  Just because a Happy Meal comes bundled with LEGO Bricks doesn't mean McDonalds is challenging the housing construction industry.  \r\n\r\nAnd, since when was OpenOffice based on Java?  Last I heard, [WordPerfect for Java](http://java.sun.com/nav/used/corel.html) was doomed back in 1997.  I thought [NeoOfficeJ](http://www.neooffice.org/) was based in Java, but not OpenOffice.\r\n\r\n(*Update:*  [It's Lego, not Legos](http://www.multicon.de/fun/legofaq.html#a7).  Also: [LEGO Gets Pissy About Brand Name][lego])\r\n\r\n\r\n[lego]: http://www.adrants.com/2005/09/lego-gets-pissy-about-brand-name.php \"Adrants » LEGO Gets Pissy About Brand Name\"\n\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\">\n            <h3>Archived Comments</h3>\n            \n        <ul class=\"comments\">\n            \n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087032\">\n            <div class=\"meta\">\n                <div class=\"author\">\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \n                       href=\"http://blog.ryaneby.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=a39511a191d7d36ac030ae25f0fb3121&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \n                       href=\"http://blog.ryaneby.com\">Eby</a>\n                </div>\n                <a href=\"#comment-221087032\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-10-06T05:08:16\">2005-10-06T05:08:16</time></a>\n            </div>\n            <div class=\"content\"><p>Actually there was quite a hooplah about the parts of OpenOffice that are now written in Java (and require JRE). The licensing has caused some concern with some distros. I'm not sure what all came out of it but the article I read is below. I wouldn't say it's \"based on java\" but parts are heading there.</p>\n\n<p>http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/03/22/204244</p></div>\n            \n        </li>\n    \n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087033\">\n            <div class=\"meta\">\n                <div class=\"author\">\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \n                       href=\"http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=02b2184590d81d2280d2c9802b05fe83&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \n                       href=\"http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/\">Simon Brunning</a>\n                </div>\n                <a href=\"#comment-221087033\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-10-06T10:04:42\">2005-10-06T10:04:42</time></a>\n            </div>\n            <div class=\"content\"><p>Arrrghh! It';s <em>Lego</em>, not legos!</p></div>\n            \n        </li>\n    \n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087034\">\n            <div class=\"meta\">\n                <div class=\"author\">\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \n                       href=\"http://www.decafbad.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=2377f34a68801b861c3e54e1301f0dce&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \n                       href=\"http://www.decafbad.com\">l.m.orchard</a>\n                </div>\n                <a href=\"#comment-221087034\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-10-06T10:50:23\">2005-10-06T10:50:23</time></a>\n            </div>\n            <div class=\"content\"><p>Heh, I think I'd just read a \"Letter to the Editor\" piece in an Xbox magazine from someone at the Lego company with a laundry list of points where they'd abused the Lego brand like I did—i.e. Lego is plural; Lego <em>must</em> be followed by a trademark symbol; LEGO must be in caps... I forget all the stipulations.</p></div>\n            \n        </li>\n    \n        </ul>\n    \n        </div>\n    ",
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