Computer Business Review Online: Twenty Holes Plugged on Microsoft Patch Day

Update: Microsoft Develops new Nicotine Patch

Redmond, CA—Microsoft marked its entry into pharmaceuticals today, developing a new nicotine patch which is said to “reduce desire for all standard nicotine delivery mechanisms.” Microsoft has admitted that the patch— a reflective, four panel design intended to be worn over the stomach—may not address nicotine delivered through nonstandard mechanisms. “It is entirely possible,” Microsoft stated, “that users, while safe from cigarettes and chewing tobacco, could become addicted to nicotine laced chewing gum or…in some cases… cigars that can be purchased at convenience stores in Virginia.” Microsoft estimates that it will finish developing a second “cigar” patch, to be worn along with the first, by mid-2005.

- posted by JB @ 7:36 AM