Fuss over Futz

09 Jan 1999

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Miles Forman of Net Position asks us what 'Futz' means, after encountering references to it in Microsoft advertisements for Windows Terminal Server.

'I fired up my browser and looked up "futz" on Yahoo! And the results in ascending order? Porn site, porn site, porn site,' he bemoans. Perhaps anyone from Microsoft could tell us what 'Futz' really is, and why it's so rude. Perhaps they could even get their advertising agency to send us one.

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