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Novell to port Evolution to Windows

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the good-for-them dept.

Gladiat0r writes "Nat Friedman blogged on Planet Gnome today that Novell has hired Tor Lillqvist (of Gimp for Windows fame) to help Fredrik Hedberg port Beagle to Windows, and after that his main task is to port Evolution to Windows."

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

    there sure are a lot of open source hippies getting jobs today.

  2. Better get cracking by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hear Kentucky has already started the port of Creationism to Windows. Lets hope the right team delivers first.

    1. Re:Better get cracking by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
      I hear Kentucky has already started the port of Creationism to Windows. Lets hope the right team delivers first.

      I wish MS would stop putting those "Linux is Just a Theory" stickers on school computers!

    2. Re:Better get cracking by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
      I hear Kentucky has already started the port of Creationism to Windows. Lets hope the right team delivers first.

      If the teams are competing, they better hurry. Last I heard, the Creationism port will only take seven days . . .

    3. Re:Better get cracking by xigxag · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, it just had to be called "Evolution." Proving once again that those open-source bastards are commie godless heathens bent on destroying the American Way of Life. Might as well have just gone and called it "Al Q'alendar."

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      There are two kinds of people: 1) those who start arrays with one and 1) those who start them with zero.
  3. Re:How nice... by vettemph · · Score: 4, Funny

    Stop Wining.

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    The government which is strong enough to protect you from everything is strong enough to take everything from you.
  4. Re:Now if only... by johannesg · · Score: 3, Funny

    Last I checked, Beagle 2 was delivered to the general vincinity of Mars just fine. Granted, maybe it was delivered just a few meters too deep, but on a distance of millions of kilometers, who's counting?

  5. Evolution to Windows by Magickcat · · Score: 2, Funny

    and after that his main task is to port Evolution to Windows."

    An obscure company called "Microsoft" have already beaten him to it.

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    Si tacuisses philosophus mansisses. If you had kept quiet, you would have remained a philosopher.

  6. I believe the PC term is by Bender+Unit+22 · · Score: 3, Funny

    "modern day commie".
    Hippies has feeling too you know!

  7. That's all very well, but by edxwelch · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's all very well, but when are they going to port Wine to Windows?

  8. The last reason to keep Linux.... by Conor+Turton · · Score: 2, Funny
    Woohoo. Evolution on Windows. Now I can truly ditch Linux forever.

    Or is that the wrong way round?

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    Conor "You're not married,you haven't got a girlfriend and you've never seen Star Trek? Good Lord!" - Patrick Stewart
  9. Re:Wrong. by aussie_a · · Score: 2, Funny

    But, hey, I could just be talking out my ass.

    Don't worry, Bush has that problem too

  10. Where are we going by adeydas · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is what non-geeks would do to shift to Open Source:
    Replace Windows search feature with Beagle, browser with FF, Office suite with Oo, Paint with GiMP, etc.

    This is what geeks would do to shift to Open Source:
    Install Linux.