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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

  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)

    --
    nos laetus epulor qui would domito nos
  5. Re:Show me the money by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

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