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IBM Opens A Linux Training Center In Russia
prostoalex writes "IBM and Russian Ministry of Communications announced the opening of the first Linux Competency Center in Moscow. Representative of the goverment was quoted saying that such a center will help 'create a Linux ecosystem enabling Russian hi-tech companies to expand into global markets faster. IT solutions based on Linux and open standards will open up great opportunities to businesses in Russia.' This news piece in Russian also quotes Russian government official planning to expand the Linux initiative into provincial cities as well, if the center in Moscow turns out to be a viable idea."
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IBM Training Center opens YOU!
In Soviet Russia... oh wait we are in Russia
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In Soviet Russia, IBM trains you.
$699 Lunix License Fee pays you!
In Soviet Russia, all your linux solutions belong to IBM?
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> IBM trains you
...
Lots of people have said that already, but it seems like it should be
In SOVIET RUSSIA, *YOU* train IBM!
yo, dawg. you fucked that one up badly. you must be a GNAA trainee.
hehe
"You never want a serious crisis to go to waste." - Rahm Emanuel
Linux is a very flexible operating system which has been created almost purely
by the help of generous volunteers and other people associated with it. It has
slowly grown from being a mere branch of Minix to a massive contender in the
kernel world, having an entire operating system associated with it and its
name. It is perhaps one of the most important pieces of software available
today, one of the most widely used, and yet there is a gaping hole in its
history, a hole currently filled by geek fantasy. Apparently, we are supposed
to believe that a lone graduate from a Central European country created the
foundation for this kernel and continues working with it to this very day.
It amazes me that so many reputable people and organisations have fallen for
the ridiculous myth that there is some sort of Finnish student who has
single-handedly created something that threatens to overthrow the current
software distribution system as we know it. I find it particularly absurd that
he is lauded as some sort of super overlord throughout hackerdom. Even
generally reliable sources have fallen for this ridiculous scam. The concept
that one youth from a continent containing France could sow the seed for an
operating system which frightens Microsoft is risible at best. It has taken
Microsoft a decade to produce an OS which is even reasonably reliable and
stands alone. So what makes you think that in the short time span from 1991 to
the present day that a fictional character could produce an operating system
which is more stable than Windows? Microsoft themselves has had thousands of
people developing Windows for over a decade and has only recently been able to
achieve what Linux has. How could one youth do the same in even less time?
Obviously, this "Linus Torvalds" must be some sort of superhuman to have done
such a thing. But we all know that there is no such thing as a superhuman.
Even Nietzsche acknowledged that we still had some way to go before attaining
the status of the "Ubermensch". Whatever makes you think that an otherwise
anonymous Finnish student would have achieved this status without anyone
noticing? As such it must be plain for all to see that this "Linus Torvalds" is
some sort of fabrication. It is the only way to explain why Linus keeps such
a low profile, and that the main bit of evidence to even suggest his existence
is the testimony of his mother and the strange posts "he" makes on obscure
kernel hacking message boards. The fact that an entire community of "warez
d00ds" and rabid Linux advocates has sprung up, proclaiming that "LUNIX
RULEZZZ" is such a flimsy piece of circumstantial evidence that it must be
discounted. But if "Linus Torvalds" does not actually exist, then who has
conjured up his existence? There is only one possible person who could get
away with such a fraud. Mikke Torvalds, "his" supposed birth parent.
Mrs. Torvalds may have a lot to say about her son, but this does not excuse
the fact that he does not exist. When you consider this, is it genuinely
surprising that she found him "easy to raise"? Of course, there is one
immediate objection which will no doubt be raised. "If Linus Torvalds doesn't
really exist," I hear you ask, "then who wrote Linux?" That is a good
question, but it is very obvious to see who. If you take a look around here
for a while, you will hear names like Alan Cox, Richard Stallman, and Eric
Raymond being bandied about. Obviously, it is immensely skilled coders and
hackers such as these people who have made the wonderful OS Linux what it is
today. The person who first made that post on comp.os.minix was in fact
Linus' mother, who, frustrated by the ludicrous restrictions imposed upon her
by Minix, due to its tiny size as a teaching OS, posted a message under a
partial pseudonym, asking for help building a new, free UNIX-like operating
system. All she wanted was someone to help her use her PC to print out her
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prostoalex writes "IBM and Russian Ministry of Communications announced the opening of the first Linux Competency Center in Moscow. Representative of the goverment was quoted saying that such a center will help 'create a Linux ecosystem enabling Russian hi-tech companies to expand into global markets faster. IT solutions based on Linux and open standards will open up great opportunities to businesses in Russia.' This news piece in Russian also quotes Russian government official planning to expand the Linux initiative into provincial cities as well, if the center in Moscow turns out to be a viable idea."
Say Nyet to .NET! Say Nyet to .NET!
Perhaps it should be: In Russian Federation, Microsoft is communist!
Mod parent Insightful, he really knows what's going on!
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In Soviet Russia...nah, too easy.
...a Linux Training Centre opens you!
"You can justify anything by putting it in quotes, adding a famous name and making it a sig" - Albert Einstein
IBM Opens A Linux Training Center In USA!
Who trolled first? Who replied first?
I trolled first. You replied first. Therefore you lose.
>IBM trains you
>> In Soviet Russia I for one welcome our insensitive clod overlords
In Soviet Russia I for one welcome our russian-speaking, big, blue, opensource, insensitive clod overlords
IBM bribes YOU.
Russia trains you?
Training centers for Linux OPEN IBM
But Taiwan will provide China with the technology to build the weapons that will threaten both the USA and Russia. Please read "Reality of Taiwan".
Linux trains YOU!!!
how long until
#1: ughhhh (Score:-1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 11, @06:48PM (#7191752) In Soviet Russia, IBM trains you. #2: In Soviet Russia (Score:4, Funny) by dicepackage (526497) on Saturday October 11, @06:48PM (#7191756) (http://slashdot.org/) IBM trains you Apparently, in Soviet Russia, the karma system actually works.
This is not part of my post. It's my signature. I bet you're disappointed.