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Microsoft's Strategy Memos

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the enforcers-sent-after-linus dept.

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?"

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  1. GNAA Strategy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    penetrate those anuses!

    1. Re:GNAA Strategy by hdparm · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      How's this any different to Ballmer's one?

  2. Ruined? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You editors know you have a guy ruining the future??

  3. SUBSCRIBER RUINER by GNAA+Buttsex+Robot · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Apple : iTunes 4.5 Authentication Cracked
    Posted by michael in The Mysterious Future!
    from the powered-by-mountain-dew dept.
    fooishbar writes "Yesterday, Apple released iTunes 4.5, which deliberately broke the 4.2 authentication scheme, which had been successfully reverse-engineered. However, crazney has been at it again, and within 24 hours of downloading iTunes 4.5, has broken the new scheme, and added more features to this library along the way. If you want to incorporate iTMS support in your program, give libopendaap a go!" Reader ScottGant submits this story about the Pepsi/iTunes promotion: "News.com has this story about Pepsi's iTunes promotion give-away. The promotion,
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    1. Re:SUBSCRIBER RUINER by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      yes, this will be coming soon

      it wont be on this account, but when I get it all finalized, information will be published in future ruined posts as to which account

    2. Re:SUBSCRIBER RUINER by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      keep up the good work, fellow jihadi.

    3. Re:SUBSCRIBER RUINER by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      This is fucking awesome. I love you and want to have your manbabies.

  4. What? by c0dedude · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Kind of early for halloween, isn't it?

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  5. The REAL GNAA Strategy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    To be losers who pour so much time and effort trolling Slashdot that they are a joke.
    So pathetic.

  6. Re:After reading a few posts... by Hassman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I so wish I had mod points right now. Mod parent up!!

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