May 09, 2003

Department of Ironic Understatement

From the NYT today, discussion of the FTC penalties that Microsoft faces for a big security hole in Passport.

"Theoretically, that would set the maximum fine at $2.2 trillion -- although experts said any fine would be significantly lower."

"Significantly lower" is an interesting choice of words; "a miniscule fraction of that sum" might be more accurate. I only hope that the irony is deliberate.

Posted by Henry at May 9, 2003 10:40 AM | TrackBack
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