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The OS Community Embraces IBM

Posted by michael on from the we-don't-need-another-hero dept.

Joel Dutt writes "IBM... 'the corporation known as Big Blue has seen its reputation in the global open-source community shift from suspect sugar daddy to knight in shining armor.' Newsweek has an interesting article in its latest issue, discussing the relationship between the open-source community and the corporate giant."

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  1. IBM... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    10. I've Been Moved
    9. Idiots Become Managers
    8. Idiots Buy More
    7. Impossible to Buy Machine
    6. Incredibly Big Machine
    5. Industry's Biggest Mistake
    4. International Brotherhood of Mercenaries
    3. It Boggles the Mind
    2. It's Better Manually
    1. Itty-Bitty Monopoly

    1. Re:IBM... by jazman_777 · · Score: 2, Funny

      I Buy Macs.

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    2. Re:IBM... by linuxpng · · Score: 1, Funny

      i think I goofed the post, forgive if a dup. Here we use "India Brazil and Mexico"

    3. Re:IBM... by shfted! · · Score: 2, Funny

      IBM's reponse to that list: I've been mocked!

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      He who laughs last is stuck in a time dilation bubble.
  2. Fighting evil everyday... by chrispyman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well ofcourse they're well liked, I mean they fight off the evil SCOmonsters that try and terrorize the city everyday.

    1. Re:Fighting evil everyday... by PimpBot · · Score: 4, Funny

      City?!?!?! I thought there was only a cathedral and a bazaar!!!

      </joke>

  3. Re:I swear I'm not trolling, but by ValiantSoul · · Score: 4, Funny

    "They make solid machines"

    Not to mention heavy as hell

  4. Flashbacks by aelbric · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why do I half expect to hear one day soon:

    IBM: Linus, I am your father!
    (Queue Imperial March)

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    nos laetus epulor qui would domito nos
  5. How could you forget? by otis+wildflower · · Score: 2, Funny

    * I'll Be in a Meeting

    And of course for you Linux phans...

    * It Beats Microsoft

  6. Re:Show me the money by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    And they make Lotus Notes to irritate people all around the globe.

  7. Linux is the pretty girlfriend. by mnmn · · Score: 2, Funny

    And IBM is the rich strong hubby. However Sun is the geek thats in love with this girl..

    So Sun and IBM can hate each other, but Linux measures IBM's sincerity against his $$$

    However Linux is no simple girl and really shes planning to have a kid from both, and to take both IBM and Sun away from their children from previous marriage, AIX and Solaris. This way Linux's children will inherit the fortunes from both companies.

    In the end Linux is a tramp. Shes already had SGI's XFS in her, toyed with HP, and now just badmouths him like an exboyfriend, and now hates the potentially newer and younger girl on the block... BSD. BSD is the good girl whose keeping to herself for the moment... and to her marriage with Mr Apple.

    You never know what she'll do in the future.

    Microsoft on the other hand is beginning to feel he needs a girl...

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  8. Re:Where's the conflict? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Since you obviously have no idea what the word means: Joke n. Something said or done to evoke laughter or amusement, especially an amusing story with a punch line.