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Dvorak On Microsoft/Novell Deal
zaxios writes, "John C. Dvorak has weighed in on the recent Novell-Microsoft pact. Among his insights: 'Microsoft has been leery of doing too much with Linux because of all the weirdness with the licenses and the possibility that one false move would make a Microsoft product public domain at worst, or subject to the GPL at best.' But now, 'the idea is to create some sort of code that is jammed into Linux and whose sole purpose is to let some proprietary code run under Linux without actually "touching" Linux in any way that would subject the proprietary code to the GPL.' According to Dvorak, it's only a matter of time before Linux is 'cracked' by Microsoft, meaning Microsoft figures out a way to run proprietary code on it."
Here's an article where the tag is appropriate. Amazingly, even Dvorak thinks it's a trap.
That's not a group of words we see very often when coupled with that man's name.
Good. Cheap. Fast. Pick Two.
I am just glad I can go back to breathing. Ever since the big announcement came out, I have been holding my breath until Dvorak told us what to think about it.
But you can tag him "fuckwit".
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Am I the only person who hears the Benny Hill music in their heads when they hear the name Dvorak?
He just seems like such a fuck-up who is just out to have some fun.
Ah that was a mere prepositional mix-up by marketing. I do believe that 'run over it' was the intended meaning.
Hmm... something tells me that it's you who are new here ;)
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