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A L S O__T O D A Y The little operating system that could By Andrew Leonard Microsoft, beware -- Linux fans are hell-bent on world domination User-friendly? By Andrew Leonard Don't throw Windows away yet, a test of three approaches to installing Linux suggests - - - - - - - - - - T A B L E__T A L K Windows 98: Is it worth the effort to upgrade? Discuss Microsoft's latest OS in the Digital Culture area of Table Talk - - - - - - - - - - R E C E N T L Y Let's Get This Straight By Scott Rosenberg Court to Microsoft: "Integrated" means whatever you say it does (06/24/98) Conspicuous consumption, high-tech style By Janelle Brown Be the first on your block to dress your computer gadgets in gold, lizard-skin and leather (06/24/98) New life for old games By Howard Wen Video-game emulators intriguingly blur the lines between hardware and software, PCs and game machines. Do they also promote piracy? (06/23/98) Let's Get This Straight By Scott Rosenberg All-in-one Web portals are sparking a corporate mating frenzy. Are they really worth the billions? (06/22/98) The Freudian e-mail By Regina Lynn Preciado What happens when you send a disparaging message to precisely the wrong person? (06/19/98) - - - - - - - - - - BROWSE THE 21ST CHALLENGE ARCHIVES - - - - - - - - - -

Results of Challenge No. 10: Upgraded proverbs for the digital age BY CHARLIE VARON AND JIM ROSENAU - - - - - - - - - - - - - J U D G E S '__C O M M E N T S : Thanks to all who contributed upgraded proverbs for the digital era to the Salon Challenge. There's plenty of wisdom (mostly cautionary) contained herein. We can't be certain all of these are original -- but they've all got that ring of truth that just makes you itch to hit the Forward button and pass them along. Just don't forget to give credit where credit is due. W I N N E R A fool and his money are soon automated. -- Robert Kaye H O N O R A B L E__M E N T I O N S Oh what a World Wide Web we weave when first we practice HTTP. Beware geeks bearing gifs. -- Scott A. Miller That which does not crash your system only makes it slower. -- Cameron Heide When in doubt, reboot. -- (Probably not original, but submitted by Eli Neiburger and Chris Nye) Just say no to 1.0 -- Travis Prebble One good product deserves a knock-off. Users should be sold to and not heard from. If it works, don't touch it -- if it doesn't, run away. Upgrades make the app get larger. All monopolizing and no competition make Bill a dull boy. -- Melissa O'Neill Download in haste, reboot at leisure. An applet a day keeps coherence away. -- Perry Hewitt We only pass this way once, unless we invoke the UNDO option. -- Dan Setzer The early buyer gets the bugs. -- Chad McClung Mighty apps from little start-ups grow. Too many geeks spoil the code. -- Owen Leonard Give a man an application, and you confound his working day; teach him to write code, and you confound him for life. -- Jim Montgomery Only fools and Marketing buy software ending in ".0" -- Shelley Louie (Perl)(Perl) theSwine -- Steve Leahy Thanks for your submissions -- and check back in two weeks for the next Salon 21st Challenge. SALON | June 26, 1998 Charlie Varon is a humorist and playwright. His works include "Ralph Nader Is Missing" and "Rush Limbaugh in Night School." Jim Rosenau is a writer, editor and software designer in Berkeley, Calif. Jim and Charlie are also co-founders of the citizen group Californians for Earthquake Prevention and partners in Mockingbird Productions, which offers a full line of comic services.