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Novell Vice Chairman on Ximian, SCO
dotnothing writes "microsoft-watch.com has an interview with Chris Stone, who is the Vice Chairman of Novell. Stone says that Novell will be introducing a Linux distribution with Novell products and the Ximian desktop, but that they are not out to compete with Microsoft. He also expressed some gratitude to Red Hat for countersuing SCO."
FUCK !?
Trolling using another account since 2005.
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Hoorah! Hoorah!
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Just use Windows
You sir, are the boil on a baboon's arse.
Please ensure you have your jacket before you FUCK OFF.
Hugz and Kisses,
Donny
p.s. You are clearly a white man who just wants to be fucked in the ass by something bigger than you redneck friends can provide. Why not go and hold up that grocery store and pop down to see Uncle Bubba at your local correctional facility. After the reaming your ass will get, you can rest assured that satisfaction will have been achieved. Of course, you'll never be able to hold a turd in again, but you will undoubtably enjoy that.
Novell is on a downward spiral. Has been for years.
Ximian? Pointless.
Don't give M$ any ideas, next thing we'll be hearing is that they're buying SCO, and will claim to own Linux.
Linux is to the internet as Duct Tape is to the Universe.
Shut up, boy. Go and finish your watermelon before one of your brothers steals it.
I am a masochist!
My dream is to be a SCO's employee!
I agree to work there for free, because I'll have so much pleasure... ooooh I'am cumming.. I a too excited to think of this...
mmmm SCO...
First you will have to move to Utah, and become (if not already) a mormon.
I'm sure it was just me
Yep.
but did a first glance at this headline read sorta like "Novell Vice Chairman on Ximian *and* SCO?
Nup.
I got chills up and down
No you didn't, liar!
but then I read the article
Wow.
Whew. Close one.
No, it wasn't.
Really, you cock smoking, dog raping, sister fucking, inbred mutant son of a leprous whore? Is that the best you can come up with?
Oh sir, me am da stupeed one now. Lord ha' mercy! I'll jus' go sit on dem porch and sing slave songs.
You fucking retard. God have mercy upon your poor sister's overused ass. Once she has finished taking your deformed, festering, 2 inch wang, she'll get a serious shoeing from your elephantine father. At least he must be that big cause you brother fists himself with both hands.
Go out and die a seriously painful death - cancer of the stomach would do nicely.
Love and hugz,
Donny
If anyone is "ceding authority" it is you ... by letting fear of Microsoft dictate what you think people should and should not build.
You mean, like the way a motorist cedes authority to a precipice they drive along, by chosing not driving over the edge?
Microsoft has a history of bullying tactics and abuse of their monopoly to shut down competitors, even small upstarts who pose no real immediate threat. They have a history of moving development targets and changing standards with little or no warning (and at great cost to their customers) to keep their competition off-balance. They have intimated an intention to use copyright and patent law to bury free software. Microsoft has a history of discriminatory licensing targetted specifically at the GPL, and vitrolic rhetoric accusing free software developers of being 'unamerican' (a strong accusation in American culture and politics).
And you suggest it is unreasonable to look at these facts, observe that Microsoft unilaterally controls this standard, that Microsoft has publicly stated it intends to destroy free software, and that it is the one who points this out that is somehow 'ceding authority', rather than those who wish to promote a unilateral Microsoft standard into a fundamental standard inherent in the infrastructure of future network based free software projects?
One does not 'cede authority' by recognizing a risk and chosing to avoid it. One does 'cede authority' when one places the standard of one's basic infrastructure into the hands of another. For free software projects to build upon a standard controlled unilaterally by their staunchest opponent (philosophically, ethically, politically, and economically), and incorporate said standard at a fundamental level of their infrastructure, is most definitely to cede authority to that opponent.
Indeed, much like driving off a cliff ("see, I'm not ceding authority by letting my fear of the precipice influence me!"), doing so is not only foolish, it is downright suicidal.
Your doublespeak skills are quite formidable, but fortunately for most of us, unconvincing.
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