They have a good partnership going. Along with the missing amigo (Jobs), they will rule the client/server OS world. Isn't that what they call coopetition?
Don't work to grow Linux, rather work to put the rest of commercial Linux (and other FOSS-related Monopolysoft obstacles) out of business so as to have King Ballmer give you control over that little tiny duchy.
Freeze market share and the competition (but pretend there is still a little competition).
Preserve Central Planning http://www.answers.com/topic/planned-economy .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dividing_territories or more generally
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-competitive_practices
General Hovsepian will manage the tactical flanking against Red Hat and other Linux opposition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanking_maneuver . Major ruling goal will be to find techniques to extract money from freeloaders running "free" software.
And for goodness sake, spread mono to make your job easier.
MinceR says the "lkml [message/page] one is April Fools or at least they're trying to pass it off as April Fools [however] the [GitHub] one was archived on the 8th and yesterday, so that probably isn't..."
Like Scam Altman, Larry Ellison hangs around Cheeto King because he could use some bailouts in the form of government contracts or phony money with an incredible name like "Stargate"
When forums say that they banned Microsoft Lunduke or don't want him mentioned it's probably because they are familiar with the "stench" that follows him around
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Jose_X
2009-02-07 03:03:03
Don't work to grow Linux, rather work to put the rest of commercial Linux (and other FOSS-related Monopolysoft obstacles) out of business so as to have King Ballmer give you control over that little tiny duchy.
Freeze market share and the competition (but pretend there is still a little competition).
Preserve Central Planning http://www.answers.com/topic/planned-economy .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dividing_territories or more generally http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-competitive_practices
General Hovsepian will manage the tactical flanking against Red Hat and other Linux opposition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanking_maneuver . Major ruling goal will be to find techniques to extract money from freeloaders running "free" software.
And for goodness sake, spread mono to make your job easier.
Roy Schestowitz
2009-02-07 03:07:38