____/ Linonut on Sunday 26 August 2007 02:12 : \____
> After takin' a swig o' grog, [H]omer belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> http://www.groklaw.net/staticpages/index.php?page=2005010107100653
>>
>>> Yup. It is only a "civil" criminal, according to the Funkster.
>>
>> He was the mildest manner'd man
>> That ever scuttled ship or cut a throat:
>> With such true breeding of a gentleman,
>> You never could divine his real thought;
>> No courtier could, and scarcely woman can
>> Gird more deceit within a petticoat
>> - Byron.
>
> I'm getting an image of Steve the "Emballmer" in a petticoat.
>
> Ray Noorda, God rest his soul, called them "Pearly" Gates and "Em"
> Ballmer, because Gates would dazzle you with visions of a technological
> heaven, and then Ballmer would stick the shiv in your liver at
> negotiation time.
I like Noorda. He liked Free software and he never trusted Microsoft. If only
he was around the see the mess his successors have left.
http://boycottnovell.com/2007/04/08/tribute-to-novells-founder-who-never-trusted-microsoft/
Includes a video of Ray.
http://boycottnovell.com/2007/04/07/novell-linux-1990s/
> Except Noorda neglected one aspect of "Pearly" Gates:
>
> Oh the shark bites!
> With his teeth dear!
> And he keeps them
> Pearly white!
With Carmony out of the house, let's hope to see the same when it comes to
Hovo-sepian ( http://media.slated.org/albums/userpics/ms-monkeys.png ).
Jack Messman didn't negotiate with Microsoft, either (another video):
http://boycottnovell.com/2007/02/04/jack-messman/
Messman later departed completely:
http://boycottnovell.com/2007/04/16/novell-patrick-jones/
It appears like he never liked that deal either.
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