Microsoft Blesses LGPL, Joins Apache Foundation 425
Penguinisto writes "According to a somewhat jaw-dropping story in The Register, it appears that Microsoft has performed a trifecta of geek-scaring feats: They have joined the Apache Software Foundation as a Platinum member(at $100K USD a year), submitted LGPL-licensed patches for ADOdb, and have pledged to expand their Open Specifications Promise by adding to the list more than 100 protocols for interoperability between its Windows Server and the Windows client. While I sincerely doubt they'll release Vista under a GPL license anytime soon, this is certainly an unexpected series of moves on their part, and could possibly lead to more OSS (as opposed to 'Shared Source') interactivity between what is arguably Linux' greatest adversary and the Open Source community." (We mentioned the announced support for the Apache Foundation earlier today, as well.)
The Devil must be pissed off (Score:5, Funny)
He doesn't like cold.
Circling the drain.... (Score:1, Funny)
Linus is right (Score:3, Funny)
I am with Linus on this one
Re:The Mayans were wrong (Score:5, Funny)
Unrelated News (Score:5, Funny)
Insanity! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Yeah, right (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The Mayans were wrong (Score:5, Funny)
Obligatory Simpsons Quote (Score:5, Funny)
Mr. Burns: Smithers I'm thinking about donating some money to the orphanage... when pigs fly!
(Smithers and Burns both laughing)
(Homer's BBQ pig flies past the window)
Smithers: Will you be making that donation now, sir?
Mr. Burns: Eh, I'd rather not.
Re:Keep off the cynicism... (Score:5, Funny)
Since when is 25 old? I just turned 25 and have yet to tell kids to "Get off my lawn", "Turn down that music" or say "Back in my day..."
Re:Never (Score:3, Funny)
not every single employee at Microsoft is evil
Are you sure?
Re:Keep off the cynicism... (Score:4, Funny)
Ah, you young whippersnappers, back in my day 25 was plenty old! We sang the hacker song, enjoyed the writings of ESR and we all coded in vi...uphill...both ways. Now turn down that music and get off my lawn!
Whaaa? (Score:2, Funny)
I don't get it.
All my explanations about how microsoft doesn't care about anything except taking money aren't going to make sense anymore...
Oh wait, somebody mentioned "it's a trap"...
Ah... (my head is clearing now
(Man, they're getting good at this)
In Soviet America... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Keep off the cynicism... (Score:2, Funny)
I'm 26, and back in my day young'uns like you would get off my lawn and turn down your music without needing to be told. *waves cane*
Re:Last I checked, MS still claims Linux 'IP' (Score:5, Funny)
nothing stinks about this particular movement, albeit deep in the bowels of the company
Are you saying Microsoft's shit don't stink?
Be wary of gifts from the Redmonds (Score:2, Funny)
Dear Apache Foundation,
You may want to run smallpox cultures on the yearly $100k from Microsoft. Also, screen carefully any code submissions from the aforementioned containing fragments such as: "Diseases.smallpox.infect(apache_foundation);".
I want an open source registry (Score:3, Funny)
So I can convert it one file with a bunch of simple text config lines.
e.g. DRM_enable="NO"
Windows-Firewall_enable="NO"
Office-2007_reduce_to_sane_options="100"
Crash_screen_color="PURPLE"
XP_driver_compat="YES"
and so on, kind of like a really long rc.conf file.
the time of prophecy is at hand! (Score:5, Funny)
Meh. That means nothin'. You don't know of any charismatic, quasi-Messianic personalities rising to power at the moment, do you?
Re:The Mayans were wrong (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The Mayans were wrong (Score:5, Funny)
yes, but they had no era defined for what happened next
Ah, so the world will end not with a bang, but with a segfault.
They are too stubborn. (Score:3, Funny)
This is clearly the solution to today's MS's woes, Who would companies trust to support their Windows systems if they were open? Microsoft or a third party two bits firm?
What would be the most used Windows distro? Microsoft's or any other?
Software is services and support. The sooner MS realizes this and embraces and genuinely extends technology, the sooner we will forgive all their sins and welcome them to the open ecosystem.
Yeah, hell freezing over would be nice as well.
Re:the time of prophecy is at hand! (Score:4, Funny)
Meh. That means nothin'. You don't know of any charismatic, quasi-Messianic personalities rising to power at the moment, do you?
No, only an uncharismatic one. He does think God works through him, though.
Re:The Mayans were wrong (Score:5, Funny)
13.0.0.0.0 is supposed to be the end of the present creation, rather than just a change of the same significance as the rollover to 12.0.0.0.0 from 11.19.19.17.19.
Maybe 13.0.0.0.0 is the era of the linux desktop.
Re:Bill Gates? (Score:4, Funny)
Rings a bell (Score:5, Funny)
Dear Open Source Community,
We were wrong and we're sorry. As a token of our apology, here's a nice big wooden horse.
Sincerely,
Microsoft
Re:The Devil must be pissed off (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Late.. (Score:5, Funny)
The release of this April Fools gag was handled by the Vista team.
Re:The Mayans were wrong (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Keep off the cynicism... (Score:2, Funny)
It's the industry we're in. IT people measure their life in internet years and 25 is middle-age. (just like in porn)
I'm 30 and I am growing less receptive of new things. "Get off my lawn" has been supplanted by "Enough with the Twitter bullshit" and "take your microblog and shove it up your ass"
Re:The Mayans were wrong (Score:1, Funny)
The only winning move is not to play.
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