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Linux, Inc.

Posted by michael on from the amalgamated-and-homogenized dept.

An anonymous reader sends in a link to Businessweek talking about the business of Linux, and the increasing threat to Microsoft's operating system monopoly.

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  1. Dear Linux Community, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh no! Not that!

    Love,
    Steve Balmer.

    P.S. I can buy any Linux business that becomes a real threat with the spare change in the cracks of my sofa.

  2. Unfortunately true.... by GillBates0 · · Score: 5, Funny
    but with his wild long hair and odd behavior, he doesn't fit in with the suit-and-tie crowd. During speaking engagements, Stallman often adopts the persona of "St. IGNUcius," donning a robe and a halo made of a computer disk.

    Having RMS walk in in his St. Ignucius getup is enough to make anybody lose their lunch...not just the suit and tie crowd.

    --
    An Indian-American Hindu committed to non-violent thought/speech/action alarmed by the global explosion of radical Islam
  3. Re:Soft Technology Offerings by menkhaura · · Score: 2, Funny

    BSD probably wouldn't exist if not for linux (correct me if I'm wrong but it uses the linux kernel right?)

    Oh my God

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    Stupidity is an equal opportunity striker.
    Fellow slashdotter Bill Dog
  4. Re:It's not the business model... by ch-chuck · · Score: 2, Funny

    I didn't last long there, because I basically made my opinions known and they didn't want to hear that they made some really bad decisions.

    How to Succeed in Business as an advisor: Find out what your boss wants to do, and then advise him to do it.

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    try { do() || do_not(); } catch (JediException err) { yoda(err); }