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Microsoft Buys OpenOffice.org

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the right-price dept.

Micahel West writes "As reported on OpenOffice.org: 'For an undisclosed sum but reputed to be in the billions, Microsoft's Bill Gates has personally bought the leading open-source desktop project. Saying he "was sick and tired of open-source eating away at his profits," the world's richest man decided to put an end to the nuisance and simply buy OpenOffice.org. It will form part of a growing list of Microsoft acquisitions including several erstwhile competitors, a considerable number of prominent politicians, and a few small governments.'"

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  1. That's getting a bit close... by clevershark · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It would have been funnier if this hadn't been exactly what Symantec did with Sygate (buy it to kill it)..

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  2. Honestly... by nmaster64 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...that's the most believable story I've read today...and there's something really sad about that fact...

  3. Enough already! by NtroP · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Hey guys, the whole idea of an April Fool's joke is that it's supposed to be believable. I would have bought the OpenSSH one if someone had posted a thoughtful article on a security page. Perhaps peppering enough clues to it's being a fake so that those "real" admins would know it was false because the exploit described was not plausible, while the "wannabies" spent their Saturday at work combing the net for the patch and filling up forums with "OMG, WTF?! I can't find a patch for my Ubuntu web server!"

    The saddest part is, this is the most believable story yet.

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