Hilf Claims Free Software Movement Dead 395
moe1975 writes to mention that Bill Hilf has taken a rather aggressive stance with regard to the status of the Free Software movement. With claims like; "The Free Software movement is dead. Linux doesn't exist in 2007. Even Linus has got a job today" it would certainly seem that the next offensive is going to be sponsored by denial. "For the desktop, Hilf sees a new frontier in terms of rich client programming. With more and more services by Amazon, Google, Yahoo and, of course, Microsoft being run as services rather than as software installed locally, it will be up to the desktop to provide richer functionality."
Misread ... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Anonymous Coward Claims Hilf is Braindead (Score:5, Funny)
You could try reading the article. He's the head of Microsoft's Linux division. Which is a bit like saying that Sun's Windows division just declared Microsoft Windows irrelevant. Who cares?
Denial (Score:5, Funny)
Move right along.
Re:Bill Hilf saying FS is dead (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Misread ... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Huh? (Score:5, Funny)
<on a highway>
radio: pls be aware of the one guy driving in the wrong way!
guy: one? All of them!
</on a highway>
anybody have a OS X 10.6 torrent? (Score:0, Funny)
Indeed (Score:5, Funny)
You might even say that the Free Software Movement is in its "Last Throes".
Re:Huh? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Oh man... (Score:3, Funny)
lanc
ps: what, are they the only ones allowed to fud around?
Re:Someone missed a memo (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Bill Hilf saying FS is dead (Score:5, Funny)
A: Never try to frame a guilty man.
I kid I kid...
Re:Misread ... (Score:5, Funny)
Hey, we can go ragging on Bill (be it Gates or Hilf), and the chair-throwing monkey-boy minion, but leave Melinda outa of it. At least until she gives us reason not to leave her out of it, of course.
Re:Misread ... (Score:1, Funny)
"God is dead" -- Nietzsche
"Nietzsche is dead" -- God
Then you'd have...
Hilf Claims Free Software Movement Dead
Free Software Movement Claims Hilf Dead
omg I should've kept reading (Score:5, Funny)
"That's the dirty little secret. When I talk to open source developers, at least half are talking about Windows, from SugarCRM, MySQL, PHP. Every single one,"
Every single one
Re:Anonymous Coward Claims Hilf is Braindead (Score:5, Funny)
OSS Movement announces... (Score:5, Funny)
-Rick
Re:Huh? (Score:5, Funny)
Geeze, I just can't keep up with all these application-specific html tags! I bet that doesn't render the same on IE and Firefox...
Re:Japan migrates to Non-existant Software (Score:3, Funny)
Now me, I once tried Zen programming: Coding by not-coding.
Sadly Zen programming resulted in my employer Zen paying me.
Not dead... it's not even pining for the fjords. (Score:5, Funny)
Mr. Hilf: 'Ello, I wish to complain about this Free Software parrot what I purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique.
Owner: Oh yes, the, uh, the Finnish Blue...What's,uh...What's wrong with it?
Mr. Hilf: I'll tell you what's wrong with it, my lad. 'E's dead, that's what's wrong with it!
(Parrot squawks noisily and flaps about)
Owner: Looks fine to me.
Mr. Hilf: Look, matey, I know a dead parrot when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now.
(The parrot is attempting to move but seems to be having some trouble. It squawks loudly).
Owner: Are you sure he's not just pining for the fjords?
Mr. Hilf: PININ' for the FJORDS?!?!?!? What kind of talk is that?, look, why did he fall flat on his back the moment I got 'im home?
(Owner inspects parrot closely. Looks up incredulously, then takes another look before raising his head again)
Owner: It looks like someone nailed him there! Look. (Owner removes the nail, and the parrot flaps about)..
Mr. Hilf: Well, erm.... of course it was nailed there! If I hadn't nailed that bird down, it would have nuzzled up to those bars, bent 'em apart with its beak, and started eating into our market share!
Owner: I thought you said 'e was dead?
Mr. Hilf: Ermm....... 'E's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a..... OOOOUCH! Little bastard bit my finger.
Owner: I'd say that clearly proves your Finnish Free Software parrot isn't dead.
Mr. Hilf: Well, can I stick a nail through its head just to be sure?
Owner: Get out of my shop before I call animal protection, you sick bastard!
Mr. Hilf: This is the worst bastardisation of a Monty Python sketch I've ever been in. I never wanted to be this creepy Microsoft shill you know... I wanted to be a lumberja...
Owner: Get out!
Re:Alas... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Huh? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Viva Libre! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Will someone please clarify "free" for him? (Score:3, Funny)