OK so i read the article and agree with the ridiculousness of it, although there is one fact that i think you all should see.
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Author:T Reginald Gibbons
Topic:Internet Idiocy
Posted ec 02, 2001
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yes thats right, it was posted in 2001. Think back to that time, and alot of the things in the article would seem more legit. Alot of the things in the article like Linux, leaving AOL, were common place things. for example broadband connections were first getting popular, and at that time AOL still had a limited "hours per month." While Linux was gaining popularity there was nowhere near the level of national acceptance that there is now.
I still think there is a good chance that this is a satire but if you look at it from a national historical aspect some things make more sense then today.