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Microsoft Dilutes Open Source, Coins 'Open Surface'

Posted by timothy on from the scientology-favors-sanity-don't-you dept.

sfcrazy writes "Now, Microsoft is coining yet another term to further confuse users — 'Open Surface.' Senior Director for Open Source Communities at Microsoft, Gianugo Rabellino, said at Oscon 2011 that customers don't care about the underlying platform as long as the APIs, protocols and standards for the cloud are open. That's when he threw the term 'open surface.'" This seems to have more than a grain of truth to it — after all, programmers have been creating open-source software with closed-source programming languages for many years, and I'm certainly more impressed by Google's willingness to let me export my data than I am turned off by the fact that they use a mix of open and closed source software to run the Google circus.

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  1. Come on, folks, OPEN YOUR EYES! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Folks, while this little "too-doo" might seem to be an important event in your little lives, really it's nothing at all.

    You need to understand that RIGHT NOW, Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber are HAVING PREMARITAL SEX. In the nude

    Yes, it's true. "The Bieb" and possible illegal alien and card carrying "Latino" Gomez (prostitute) are attempting to procreate even though they are both under-age and indeed NOT MARRIED.

    This unholy liaison is being coordinated by these two teenager's "handlers" because Justin Bieber IS GAY and they desperately want to convert him to be "straight".

    If it were to become common knowledge that "The Bieb" *IS* gay, it would mean the END of the gravy train

    Folks, please set your PRIORITIES.

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    He *MUST NOT* be allowed to procreate with the "Latino" Gomez, and produce a "love" child that can only be named DAMIAN.