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Microsoft Buys OpenOffice.org
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.'"
It would have been funnier if this hadn't been exactly what Symantec did with Sygate (buy it to kill it)..
My sig is too lon
For those of you who think this is an April Fools Joke, please note, it's April 2nd somewhere in the world.
Ignore the "p2p is theft" trolls, they're just uninformed
ROFLMAO People are wondering why I am laughing so hard! Damn but they just don't get the point of April 1st.
...that's the most believable story I've read today...and there's something really sad about that fact...
Microsoft to replace Word with OpenOffice after everybody at Microsoft said in front of Bill Gates,"Wow. This is so much better than Word. I wonder why we didn't switch earlier."
Ooo man the floppy drive is broken. No wait. The computer is just upside down.
Finally, maybe now those idiots at OpenOffice.org can finally get all of those MS files to work properly in their software. How many years have they been working on this and they still can't get it right. WTF have they been doing?
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The saddest part is, this is the most believable story yet.
"terrorism" and "pedophilia" are the root passwords to the Constitution
He should have bought the GPL instead.
"Buy him out, boys"
:-p)
I didn't get rich by writing cheques!
(Apparently this won't work for linux users, fittingly
There is another kind of evil which we must fear most, and that is the indifference of good men. -- Boondock Saints
Pleaaase Slashdot editors, on my knees I beg you to remove the pink color. It hurts our eyes reaaally hard. April Fool's Day is supposed to be a joke, not a torture. Please be clement.
Man... If that's all you can complain about then consider youself lucky. I once had Microsoft Word restart the whole computer.
Ooo man the floppy drive is broken. No wait. The computer is just upside down.
For the third year in a row, Urgo's list of April Fool's Jokes on Websites contains the most complete list of April Fool's Day pranks websites have created. Featured by news.com.com.com.. and Microsoft, the site strives to list EVERY joke site, and is updated every few minutes with new verified jokes.
Here is a sample, the twenty most popular ones:
mymsnsearch.com - fake (but hilariously accurate) search results
thinkgeek.com - USB Tanning Center, RFID Blocking T-shirt, Grow Your Own 1up Mushroom Kit, Caffeine Inhaler, and more
blog.outer-court.com - Google Rooms
gtachicago.com - gta chicago does not exist, (*hint check the whois info*)
tveps.net - Isaac 'Chef' Hayes not leaving southpark after all. Comes clean that it was a publicity stunt.
blizzard.com - BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT® PRESENTS BURGERCRAFT(TM)
iwantoneofthose.com - tiny device that downloads your brain's memory to a 2GB USB Flash Drive
bolloxcomics.co.uk - Myspace parody
wiebetech.com - 5 TB iPod
googlesystem.blogspot.com - Google Browser is finally launched. Installer 1.68MB
figuiere.net - int is_computer_on(void)
steampowered.com - VALVe purchased by Apple
slashdot.org - OMG!!! PONIES!!! (and pink layout)
ogrish.com - (NSFW) Bizarre Baby Born In Nepal
worldofwarcraft.com - Blizzard to put Wisps as a playable race for World of Warcraft.
gearlog.com - Laptop Lingerie: Bringing Tech & Pleasure Together
2600.com - 200600 google spoof
bungie.net - Bungie's next game, Pimps At Sea, progessing nicely for the Xbox360
forums.worldofwarcraft.com - World of Warcraft 1.11 patch notes leaked
theregister.co.uk - customise The Register to suit your needs - from blocking ads, to selecting the kind of stories you really want to read.
Belive in Technology and AMAZE yourself. -- RIP ZDTV/TechTV
Its been April 2nd for four hours here in sunny...uh, still dark Australia. And pink still isn't funny.
OK, I suggest everyone emails Cmdr Taco with a one word message:
"Subtlety!"
And if he doesn't get it, we should round up a posse to rivet a brass plaque with "Subtlety" engraved on it to his forehead.
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Mod me up to +5!!!
PLEASE!!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_1%2C_2006 Wikipedia. Anything and everything you wanted to know.
Ooo man the floppy drive is broken. No wait. The computer is just upside down.
Keep laughing...just the other day I spoke with someone employed by a reasonbly-sized city, that, like many, are cash-strapped. Don't think they aren't looking for ways to reduce their costs. She seemed intrigued by the fact that you could download, install, and use an entire OS, not to mention software with a reasonably good feature set - for free.
eh, at least today you know for sure that everything you read is BS. Every other day you have to figure it out yourself
yeah! Let's argue on the Internet...
As opposed to the other 364 when the internet is only "mostly useless?"