Why Microsoft Cozied up to Open Source at OSCON 325
This year at OSCON it seemed that you couldn't throw a stone without hitting someone from Microsoft (and in fact, I'm sure several people did). They were working very hard to make themselves known, and working desperately to change public opinion of Microsoft's involvement in the open source community. Linux.com's Nathan Willis took a look at what they were preaching, with a hefty dose of skepticism, and tries to postulate what the "angle" is. Of course, the powers that be at Microsoft may have finally seen the writing on the wall and felt the pressure from Google enough to alter their strategy a bit. For now I guess we'll have to wait with guarded optimism (or laughable contempt, depending on how old/jaded you are).
I for one welcome ... (Score:5, Funny)
... nah. No I don't.
This should be obvious... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:All together now: (Score:3, Funny)
Extinguish [flickr.com]
Re:enemies close (Score:4, Funny)
Wow, you're right! [slashdot.org] But they have a few freaks [slashdot.org]. And five fans.
Re:MS cannot be trusted (Score:4, Funny)
MS can be trusted (Score:3, Funny)
So I'm expecting Office
Re:All together now: (Score:5, Funny)
lolcrosoft (Score:5, Funny)
Im in ur OSCONs, stealin ur develpurs! DEVELPURS! DEVELPURS!
Re:Cashing the GNU (Score:5, Funny)
I'm sorry, but Foobar [foobar2000.org] is not open source.
Re:yeah right... (Score:3, Funny)
Ah... and by the way: charging them head on IS WORKING very well. Thank you very much.
Re:MS cannot be trusted (Score:2, Funny)
I really don't think anything more needs to be said...
Re:All together now: (Score:2, Funny)
Re:This should be obvious... (Score:5, Funny)
I'd say the joke served its purpose here. Got an MS fanboy to blow his cover and raised his blood pressure to boot.
If you are a fangirl instead, it still applies. If you are a fanvampire, sorry for the blood pressure joke.
Those who really have to worry (Score:3, Funny)
are those who work at slashdot.
Where would slashdot be without Microsoft to bash? They might have to do some actual journalism.
Re:This should be obvious... (Score:1, Funny)
I'm pretty sure Steve Ballmer 'chair' jokes are posted on /. more frequently than 'nigger' jokes on 4chan.
And both instances are pretty sad...