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Funny Microsoft warning

Posted by Peng on 8 March 2008

I found this image while Stumbling around late last night and I just have to share it with you all.

Microsoft backward masking warning

Thanks to C-D-Rom for finding the original image and tagging it for Stumblers. And yes, that is the Ubuntu logo on Tux’s stomach.

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Cnet writer goes Ubuntu

Posted by Nanci Barthelmess on 2 January 2008

This is the year I kiss Windows good-bye. Well, maybe not entirely, but the writing is on the wall for Microsoft’s flagship operating system, and all other desktop bloatware: The future of PC software is open source.

That’s how Cnet’s Dennis O’Reilly opens his series on changing his Windows computer from Windows to a Windows/Ubuntu dual boot system. Read the rest of this entry »

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Shuttleworth fires back at Ballmer

Posted by Peng on 11 October 2007

Yesterday I posted that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer accused open source programmers of not respecting intellectual property rights, mentioning Red Hat Linux by name. Today Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Ubuntu Linux developer Canonical, Inc., fired back, setting the record straight and shedding some light on the real IP problem children. Read the rest of this entry »

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Microsoft threatens Linux over patents. Again.

Posted by Peng on 10 October 2007

Microsoft has long claimed that Linux infringed on some of their patents, and it’s the big reason they’ve set up agreements with Novel. Steve Ballmer’s at it again, and now he’s got Red Hat in his sights. Read the rest of this entry »

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