oh please no

If Microsoft has its way (and it will), the blogsphere may be dead soon:

What would Windows blogging tools be like? Probably something like this:

• All posts must be composed in Word.
• You'd have to ping microsoft.com with a registration code before the program would send pings to blo.gs or to weblogs.com.
• Any build error would generate a Blue Screen of Death and require a reboot.
• The comment-spam filter would randomly block Safari and Opera users.
• Windows Media Player would automatically delink any linked mp3 files.
• Microsoft.com would wind up on the TTLB Ecosystem as the Highest Being.
• The built-in spellchecker will have issues with the word "Unix".
• There will be a new security "upgrade" every other Tuesday.
• Each member of a group blog would have to pay for a separate license.
• A rogue email will be able to infect your templates.

On the upside, complaints about Blogger and Blogspot should diminish markedly.

In other words, Bill Gates is probably Xenu...