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:Globe and Mail: Microsoft's Linux Overture: More Sizzle, Less Steak
Globe and Mail: Microsoft's Linux Overture: More Sizzle, Less Steak
Jun 2, 2006, 01 :00 UTC (9 Talkback[s]) (8946 reads)

(Other stories by Shane Schick)

"It was like watching Darth Vader call a truce with the Jedi rebels, or Wile E. Coyote finally deciding to leave the Road Runner in peace.

"Most business owners and office workers probably didn't pay any attention when it happened. But for those following the battles between proprietary and open-source software developers, a decision Microsoft made recently sounded like the kind of shift that could end the operating system schism--at least from the user's perspective..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
The OSS community has always been willin ...   not equal respect on both sides   
wildpossum
Jun 2, 2006, 01:36:30
 
"Perhaps the 'embrace and extend and ...   embrace, extend, EXTINGUISH   
Stuart DeGraaf
Jun 2, 2006, 01:36:31
 
"It was like watching Darth Vader call a ...   No Quarter   
Steve Stites
Jun 2, 2006, 02:08:21
 
> "Perhaps the 'embrace and extend a ...   Re: embrace, extend, EXTINGUISH   
petem
Jun 2, 2006, 12:22:46
 
WHY..WHY..?? would anyone want to use an ...   Re: Re: embrace, extend, EXTINGUISH   
Mike Rasmusson
Jun 2, 2006, 15:51:19
 
That's because EVERYONE on the FOSS  ...   Re: No Quarter   
Charles Hixson
Jun 2, 2006, 17:47:30
 
>> "It was like watching [...] Wile E. C ...   Re: No Quarter   
Flash
Jun 2, 2006, 20:03:26
 
>WHY..WHY..?? would anyone want to use a ...   Re: Re: embrace, extend, EXTINGUISH   
eeburnout
Jun 3, 2006, 04:02:46
 
Microsoft has been at war with everyone  ...   ...said the spider to the fly   
Joe User
Jun 3, 2006, 05:02:00
 
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