Botnet from pirated Windows 7
This is funny in so many ways, I’m not even going to describe it. And people wonder why more and more people are switching their desktop to Linux or Mac OS X…
Bill Gates Might Switch to Linux!
After the unexpected Microsoft Linux a few years ago, Microsoft again is in the news because there are rumours about how Bill Gates might switch to Linux in a few months. It’s said that he’s tired of all the blue screens that his beta Longhorn installation is giving him and his favourite games refuse to run in a Trusted Computing environment. Since his games work great with Cedega on Linux, he’s considering a switch to the Open Source operating system.
The industry is baffled, since for years, Gates has been claiming that Linux doesn’t compare favourably to Microsoft’s own operating system, Windows. Which distribution he might use is still uncertain, although sources tell us he might consider Ubuntu and Mandriva.
The power of might is mighty indeed.
Inspired by “Slashdot | Google Might Disappear in Five Years“
EU rejects Microsoft’s licence offer
Slashdot just pointed me to an article on ZDNet titled “EU rejects Microsoft’s licence offer“. The article talks about the way Microsoft tries to dodge the sanctions the EU put on it because they were abusing their monopoly. This time, it seems the EU holds on to their sanctions and will really demand of Microsoft to comply. I’m wondering for how long this will be… If Microsoft can exclude Open Source development from making use of those sanctions, the whole procedure is pointless, since Open Source is the single largest competitor of Microsoft server products. I hope the EU will hold on to their principles.
