Behind the News -- The release was strongly criticized by Turkey's justice minister, who said it offended the "public conscience" and ordered a review.
He said, the people behind the release were "agents doing the dirty bidding of the fossil fuel industry know they can't contest the fundamental science of human-caused climate change.
The idea behind the release is to simplify the process of merging data from multiple sources.
As the title hints, two of the creative influences behind the release were the mind-expanding effects of psychedelic drugs and the acid-jazz compositions of artists like Jamiroquai and Roy Ayers, somewhat uncommon reference points for a rapper.
According to Woodman, the overall idea behind this release was to ensure that "people can do their best work on Windows".
Releasing an album for free isn't exactly a new thing (see "In Rainbows," essentially), but it's the mentality behind the release that's worth noting.
Another factor behind the album's first weeks of release was Harrison's meeting with McCartney in New York, the failure of which led to McCartney filing suit in London's High Court to dissolve the Beatles' legal partnership.
The real reason behind no release isn't technical.
As Firefox engineering manager Bill Walker notes in the announcement today, the goal behind this early release is to "collect as much real-life feedback as possible about the Marketplace's design, usability, performance, reliability, and content".
