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Inside Ximian

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the dry-erase dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Linux and Main is running a story of a visit to Ximian headquarters and a talk with Nat Friedman, Miguel de Icaza, and Jon Perr about GNOME2, Ximian 2, and getting Linux onto the corporate desktop. Interesting and funny, with lots of details about the place and the guys."

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  1. Let this be a lesson. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you kiss Microsoft's ass, you'll contract Mono.

    1. Re:Let this be a lesson. by Computer! · · Score: 2, Funny

      "Microsoft really knows how to turn up the pain on its customers," says Nat. "It's like The Princess Bride, in the scene where he cranked up the pain."

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      If you fall off a building, go real limp, because maybe you'll look like a dummy and people will be like hey, free dummy
  2. Development isn't much different than Everquest by jsonmez · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Oh, yes! Writing code and squashing bugs. I usually get here at 7, 7:30 a.m., and I learned not to turn on the lights, because there are probably people who have been here all night coding, who are asleep on the couch or the floor."

  3. Fenway neighborhood, huh? by slagdogg · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, let's hope Ximian has a better year than the Red Sox ...

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    (Score:-1, Wrong)
  4. building by manon · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did you notice the building Ximian is located in? Looks so .gov to me... I'll better run a 'find / -name "gnome.nsa"' fast

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    42 + 1 = 42
  5. Cool logo by capnkid · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well the project sounds ambitious and all... but I tend to gauge the success of a company such as this by how cool their logo is. I think these guys are going to have a great future. Anybody else as shallow as me?

    1. Re:Cool logo by BlackBolt · · Score: 2, Funny
      Please don't insult the monkeys. At least you could say that it's a Ballmerific! metaphor.

      Oh, wait, that's a baboon. My bad.

      BlackBolt

  6. Re:Why _do_ people buy Ximian? by PD · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thank you for not using the words "productize", "big picture", "methodology", "consumers", "leverage", "methodology", or "proactive" in your description of what your company does. I could actually understand every word of what you wrote.

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    If tits were wings it'd be flying around.
  7. Brazil Style by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I wonder where this guy experienced Brazil like that. No plumbing or air ductwork in sight from where i stand, in Brazil.