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Hilf Claims Free Software Movement Dead
moe1975 writes to mention that Bill Hilf has taken a rather aggressive stance with regard to the status of the Free Software movement. With claims like; "The Free Software movement is dead. Linux doesn't exist in 2007. Even Linus has got a job today" it would certainly seem that the next offensive is going to be sponsored by denial. "For the desktop, Hilf sees a new frontier in terms of rich client programming. With more and more services by Amazon, Google, Yahoo and, of course, Microsoft being run as services rather than as software installed locally, it will be up to the desktop to provide richer functionality."
I though the headline read, "MILF Claims Free Software Movement Dead."
You could try reading the article. He's the head of Microsoft's Linux division. Which is a bit like saying that Sun's Windows division just declared Microsoft Windows irrelevant. Who cares?
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This article does not exist in 2007.
Move right along.
Except that there's a minute chance OJ might have actually not done it.
Please, for the good of Humanity, vote Obama.
Ssshhhh. Just don't let my notebook know that linux doesn't exist on it. It works pretty well so far with making up this fantasy-OS in function. Dont wake it. Nor my PC. Nor my linux servers. Nor any of the kernel developers. Let them dream they still actually do stuff. A free OS, really :)
<on a highway>
radio: pls be aware of the one guy driving in the wrong way!
guy: one? All of them!
</on a highway>
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they attack you, then you win." -- Mahatma Gandhi
I'm after Cougar.
You might even say that the Free Software Movement is in its "Last Throes".
True. I do not believe it as long as Netcraft won't confirm it.
erm, isn't he the guy that changed his name to Bill to be more like billgates?
lanc
ps: what, are they the only ones allowed to fud around?
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they attack you, then you win." -- Mahatma Gandhi
They're just afraid of zombies.
| (ceci n'est pas une pipe)
Q: What did we learn from that case btw?
:)
A: Never try to frame a guilty man.
I kid I kid...
This one's even better:
... of half of them?
"That's the dirty little secret. When I talk to open source developers, at least half are talking about Windows, from SugarCRM, MySQL, PHP. Every single one,"
Every single one
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So, if he is head of Microsoft's Linux division, and Linux doesn't exist, I wonder why he has not fired himself and declared himself dead?
Bill Hilf is dead. That is all.
-Rick
"Most people in the U.S. wouldn't know they live in a tyrannical state if it walked up and grabbed their junk." - MyFirs
Geeze, I just can't keep up with all these application-specific html tags! I bet that doesn't render the same on IE and Firefox...
The enemies of Democracy are
Yeah, they're trying to compute by not computing. Whereas when you run Windows, it's the opposite!
Now me, I once tried Zen programming: Coding by not-coding.
Sadly Zen programming resulted in my employer Zen paying me.
The enemies of Democracy are
A customer enters a pet shop.
Mr. Hilf: 'Ello, I wish to complain about this Free Software parrot what I purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique.
Owner: Oh yes, the, uh, the Finnish Blue...What's,uh...What's wrong with it?
Mr. Hilf: I'll tell you what's wrong with it, my lad. 'E's dead, that's what's wrong with it!
(Parrot squawks noisily and flaps about)
Owner: Looks fine to me.
Mr. Hilf: Look, matey, I know a dead parrot when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now.
(The parrot is attempting to move but seems to be having some trouble. It squawks loudly).
Owner: Are you sure he's not just pining for the fjords?
Mr. Hilf: PININ' for the FJORDS?!?!?!? What kind of talk is that?, look, why did he fall flat on his back the moment I got 'im home?
(Owner inspects parrot closely. Looks up incredulously, then takes another look before raising his head again)
Owner: It looks like someone nailed him there! Look. (Owner removes the nail, and the parrot flaps about)..
Mr. Hilf: Well, erm.... of course it was nailed there! If I hadn't nailed that bird down, it would have nuzzled up to those bars, bent 'em apart with its beak, and started eating into our market share!
Owner: I thought you said 'e was dead?
Mr. Hilf: Ermm....... 'E's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a..... OOOOUCH! Little bastard bit my finger.
Owner: I'd say that clearly proves your Finnish Free Software parrot isn't dead.
Mr. Hilf: Well, can I stick a nail through its head just to be sure?
Owner: Get out of my shop before I call animal protection, you sick bastard!
Mr. Hilf: This is the worst bastardisation of a Monty Python sketch I've ever been in. I never wanted to be this creepy Microsoft shill you know... I wanted to be a lumberja...
Owner: Get out!
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and the only thing even more depressing than that is one with chair-marks on his face.
free software, open standards, open file formats, no software patents.
you should read everything on the internet as if it had "but I'm probably talking out of my ass" appended to it.
Clearly if you don't look like RMS and drive a Volkswagen van and organize love-ins, you're not contributing to the Free Software Movement!
What is is all that is. Isn't that obvious?
He also calls Apache, MySQL and PHP "the Visual Basic of open source". Not even PHP deserves bashing like that.
True confidence comes not from realising you are as good as your peers, but that your peers are as bad as you are.