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More Light Shed on Project David

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the whats-going-on-here dept.

Sun writes "Flexbeta.net received from Specops Labs screenshots "proving" that project David (previously covered here) is a real thing. The demo.... Office 2000 install. This is something both Wine and CrossOver Office know how to do for quite some time. In a discussion on wine-devel some people noticed evidence inside the screenshots that project David is a CrossOver Office ripoff."

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  1. Not really a rip-off... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Look at it as Offshore Outsourcing, FOSS style.

  2. Re:I dunno much about it but seems to me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    I did. They said it clearly contains code ripped off from sys V, and are preparing lawsuits againt them, the Crossover people, the Wine people, and Microsoft.

    The good news though is that you'll be able to buy a license to use Windows compatable operating systems for $699 per seat very soon.

  3. Discovered? by The+Phantom+Buffalo · · Score: 5, Funny
    SpecOpS Labs recently made an extraordinary discovery involving the Microsoft Windows OS. Our discovery has enabled us to develop a breakthrough software program that we have codenamed David.

    Yup, I discovered it too. It's right here.

  4. Re:Which Kind of Ripoff? by tverbeek · · Score: 4, Funny
    The quick versatile penguin jumped over the broken windows.

    You're missing "fxyz". How about:

    The very quick penguin Tux smashed the fubar Windoze jail.
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    http://alternatives.rzero.com/
  5. Re:Which Kind of Ripoff? by PGillingwater · · Score: 4, Funny

    OK, here's a better one. It's an instruction to one's butler to prepare the alchoholic beverages for a picnic:

    "Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs."

    Notice it's shorter than the stupid story about two animals.

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    Paul Gillingwater
    MBA, CISSP, CISM