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Microsoft's Strategy Memos
jg21 writes "So Linux made it onto Steve Ballmer's radar screen at last? No mention last year, in his annual strategy memo, but this year there's sentence after sentence - summarized at LinuxWorld this morning - which means, I guess, that 50,000-plus more folks around the world now will be aware of open source...he sent it to everyone in the company! Interestingly, in his public-facing CEO memo, distributed the same day as the internal one, Ballmer in contrast mentions Linux just once. What is it that conjurers call this, ah yes - distraction strategy?"
If someone booted his laptop with a Linux LiveCD and started the BSOD screen saver.
What sort of dance did Steve do this year?
I'm amazing. You aren't. SUCK IT
This Ballmer quote sticks out in particular, and pretty much sums it all up:
Linux, Linux, Linux, Linux ...
I hear there's rumors on the Slashdots
We will rise to this challenge, and we will compete in a fair and responsible manner that puts our customers first.
Damn! And you thought when they refocused on the internet it was serious!
This time they'll have to change everything about how they do business.
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Exactly. I'm glad they got the message at last. It's about time they ditched Windows and started working full time on Linux.
An Indian-American Hindu committed to non-violent thought/speech/action alarmed by the global explosion of radical Islam
Sure. Instead of the dull, outdated, two-colour effect we now have, longhorn will include a selection of wonderful pastel shades incorporating the finest Laura Ashley designs for a more relaxed and tranquil "User-Interrupt"[tm] experience.
...wow, a whole five of them!
Karma: Bored. (Thinking about resurrecting the "Anyone else is an imposter" joke.)
Yes, it shall be a mighty and terrible battle, where the blood of the innocent shall mingle with that of the combatants!
...wait, you're talking about Linux and Microsoft?
Fear, uncertainty, doubt.
"Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect" -- Linus Torval
Unfortunately it was a Microsoft provided one that was loaded durring install (and cause the installer to crash).
It worked out though; I swapped to linux and managed to break my computer game adiction :)
The policy of the United States is worse than bad---it is insane. -- Ludwig von Mises, Economic Policy(1959)
Why would Linux vendors focus on selling Win XP Plus?
How anyone can get "Insightful" for saying OpenOffice is better than Office is beyond me...oh hang on, "http://slashdot.org/...", ah I see...
I am not familiar with your crap conversion methods. Is there a website where I can see the conversion? www.crapcse.se perhaps?
Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.
From wherethesundontshine.net:
First, if we take 'a shit' to be the amount of effort required for an average european male to evacuate his bowels, precisely 2.5 hours after eating 451 grams (one serving) of Kellog's shredded wheat (plus or minus 5% for generic store brands), then we have a rather precise handle on what the phrase "I don't give a shit" means. Now. We'll call this the "metric shit". Taking a sample of 217 average adult male rats, the volume of excrement produced, on average, equals one metric shit's worth every week and a half. Given the average rat's metabolism, we find that a rat's body undergoes complete cellular mitosis roughly every fourty five weeks. Thus, a rat's ass is not, in fact, the same ass it had 11 months ago, and the timespan of a rat's ass is roughly 10.4 months. Thus, through its lifespan, one rat's ass produces (45 / 1.5) = 30 shits. Thus, we now know exactly what is meant by "I could give a rat's ass". Extrapolating further, this same sample of 217 rats was used to determine exactly how many rat's asses are required before a flying fuck is achieved (details classified to protect the experimenters' privacy from the prying eyes of the SPCA). It was determined that one flying fuck is, in fact, achievable after only 3 rats are airborne, in optimal conditions. The actual number is closer to 3.27 So, one flying fuck is equal to 101 shits, with a margin of error of 5%. This moment of science brought to you by 217 dead rats and a whole fucking lot of rock cocaine.
-Hentai [in vita non pacem est]
The workload of the 8 Linux servers was previously handled by 500 Windows servers.
You aren't terribly familiar with the Dutch, are you?