Microsoft Takes Linux For A Test Drive (TechWeb)

Microsoft Takes Linux For A Test Drive (TechWeb)

Posted Aug 1, 2003 22:21 UTC (Fri) by idansof (guest, #13582)
Parent article: Microsoft Takes Linux For A Test Drive (TechWeb)

What Microsoft are doing is dangerous, as we all know, the GPL is a virus,
what happends if it starts infecting their employees?

I suppose they use protective gear, gloves, sunglasses etc, and make sure to
take proper medicines on a daily basis, but what happends if these
accidently fail, or worse, someone intentionaly infects himself with the
virus?

It will start with some minor ranks proposing to extend the "shared source"
initiative, and soon some Microsoft engineers will start whispering dirty
words such as "free software", and "open standards".

Slowly the disease will spread, and but the time the few who are naturally
immuned(such as Balmer and McBride) will understand what's going on, it will
be too late.

Microsoft's products will become fully GPL'ed(with 50 security advisories a day
in the first month), SCO's stocks will fall like an airplane that ran out of
fuel, and a statue of RMS will be placed in front of every Microsoft branch.

Oh, what a sweet fantasy:-)

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