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Re: [News] Microsoft Takes Advantage of Open Source

__/ [ Roy Culley ] on Tuesday 16 May 2006 17:29 \__

> begin  risky.vbs
> <1244561.yloYuIhHxV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> __/ [ Roy Culley ] on Tuesday 16 May 2006 17:17 \__
>> 
>>> I always thought it ironic when MS announced they were using OSS to
>>> develop their 'supercomputer' Windows clusters. Not much noise on that
>>> front since they announced it.
>> 
>> You can take a Penguin, put it in a nice box on the shelf and charge
>> for it.  Other people prefer to get it from a friend or a bittorrent
>> and then install it legally (and for free). It's a phenomenon called
>> OpenSuSE. *smile*
>> 
>> To vary an old joke slightly: you can take a pig, put it in a pink
>> dress, put some lipstick on it, an apple (pun) in the mouth, and
>> then send it to the butcher. It will not affect the taste of the
>> bacon.
> 
> Windows: mutton dressed up as lamb :-)
 
After 12 minutes (on average), comes the Silence. Get it? Downtime. Silence
of the Lamb.

Roy

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