This from Marc Andreesen‘s blog:
“Microsoft recently brought into the world an online “Santa bot” —
an interactive chat program for kids. The idea was that you would add
“northpole@live.com” to your kid’s MSN Messenger and your kid could
talk to Santa Clause online. Sounds like fun.
Thanks to The Register, let’s roll the chat room transcript:
User says: Pizza
Santa says: Yum! What do you want for Christmas, User?
User says: Maybe you shouldn’t eat so much! You are quite large!
Santa says: My elves will get right on that. And what else are you wishing for this year, User?
User says: Maybe you shouldn’t eat it?
Santa says: See if you can get someone else to eat it!
User says: Eat it
Santa says: No thank you. I don’t eat things!
User says: Eat it
Santa says: See if you can get someone else to eat it!
User says: Eat it
Santa says: You want me to eat what?!? It’s fun to talk about oral sex, but I want to chat about something else…
I think I need to go take a shower.
Sadly, right after The Register broke the story, Microsoft killed Santa bot.”