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Linux Receives 20th Birthday Video From Microsoft

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-want-cake-too dept.

moonbender writes "The Linux kernel has received birthday wishes from an unexpected direction — a video animation from Microsoft. Quoting The H: 'The video picks up on the strained relationship between Microsoft and Linux by displaying the phrase "Microsoft Vs. Linux" and then showing Tux, the Linux mascot, turning his back on the offer of a birthday cake from Microsoft. After a brief outline of the history between Microsoft and Linux, the video ends with a conciliatory gesture: Tux accepts the birthday cake in his igloo and the video ends with "Happy Birthday" and the editing of the initial phrase to "Microsoft and Linux?' The Linux Foundation has more stuff celebrating the kernel's 20th birthday."

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  1. Everybody aboard the tinfoilhat-train! by zget · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Linux kernel has received ... from Microsoft.

    Clearly this is an attempt to hide patent-encumbered code inside Linux kernel so that Microsoft can sue later!

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  2. Oblig: The cake is a lie by Paul+Rose · · Score: 2, Funny

    n/m

  3. The world as we know it is about to end. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    First Duke Nukem forever, then GNU/Hurd, now this.
    2012, here we come.

    1. Re:The world as we know it is about to end. by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Funny

      And the BSD mascot is complaining it's getting mighty cold in his home.

      (yes, I know... but it's as close as it gets, bear it for this joke, dear BSD enthusiasts)

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  4. After the credits... by paiute · · Score: 4, Funny

    You missed the ending, where the cake explodes, destroying the igloo and penguin.

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    1. Re:After the credits... by sconeu · · Score: 3, Funny

      Shouldn't that be a Hurd of GNUs?

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  5. Birthday cake? Microsoft? by ArsenneLupin · · Score: 4, Funny

    No story about Microsoft and cakes is complete without this video :-)

  6. Beware of Geeks bearing gifts by johnnybogosity · · Score: 4, Funny

    Beware of Geeks bearing gifts...