After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o' wisdom:
> Chief Steve Ballmer attends a PSU dedication, then criticizes state's
> use of open source software
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> | Microsoft's involvement in the new facility coincides with growing fervor
> | in Oregon around open source software, which is created collaboratively
> | and often given away free. The chief rival to Microsoft Windows is an
> | open source operating system called Linux, developed by a Finnish
> | programmer named Linus Torvalds who now lives just south of Portland.
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> http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1147227935161150.xml&coll=7
"Microsoft donated $200,000 toward a $53 million upgrade of PSU's
Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science, which includes
the new $35 million engineering building dedicated Tuesday and a new
Microsoft lab in the engineering school."
Microsoft software -- so crappy they have to give it away, with a free
building thrown in. (I know, they only donated a small amount.)
"Intel and IBM both base their Linux development work in Oregon, and
last year Google Inc. donated $350,000 to support open source
research at Oregon State and PSU. Those developments caught
Microsoft's attention, said Pamela Gesme Miller, the engineering
school's external relations director, who solicited Microsoft's
involvement in the new building."
And Ballmer's standing in flop sweat (or is that pee?):
"This is going to be a center of startup activity. I want those
startups building on our stuff," Ballmer said. "This is an important
region for the IT (information technology) industry, which means it's
got to be important for Microsoft."
Get the business!
Get the business!
Get the business!
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Tux rocks!
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