http://www.linuxextremist.com/2006/07/24/darth-linux/ An Eccentric on the Bleeding Edge between Madness and Windows Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:44:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.linuxextremist.com/2006/07/24/darth-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Vox’s bookshelf :: Darth Linus vs the Microsoft Republic??? Wed, 26 Jul 2006 22:18:23 +0000 http://www.linuxextremist.com/?p=60#comment-31 [...] Ok, Linux Extremist tends to be lots of fun…and this article isn’t the exception :) He compares the Microsoft vs FLOSS “war” to the Star Wars universe, which is something that has been done a lot, to the point that if you mention “The Empire” in most FLOSS forums, everybody’ll know you are talking about MS. The difference between this article and every other is that…Microsoft is the Republic and the Jedi while the FLOSS community is the Empire and the Sith…and it makes sense! [...] [...] Ok, Linux Extremist tends to be lots of fun…and this article isn’t the exception He compares the Microsoft vs FLOSS “war” to the Star Wars universe, which is something that has been done a lot, to the point that if you mention “The Empire” in most FLOSS forums, everybody’ll know you are talking about MS. The difference between this article and every other is that…Microsoft is the Republic and the Jedi while the FLOSS community is the Empire and the Sith…and it makes sense! [...]

]]> http://www.linuxextremist.com/2006/07/24/darth-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Rambo Tribble Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:13:13 +0000 http://www.linuxextremist.com/?p=60#comment-30 Obviously, fiction fails to capture the essence of the situation. Bill Gates is Joseph Stalin, Ballmer is Rasputin and Linux is Joan of Arc (hopefully, without the fire/stake thing). Fun article. Obviously, fiction fails to capture the essence of the situation. Bill Gates is Joseph Stalin, Ballmer is Rasputin and Linux is Joan of Arc (hopefully, without the fire/stake thing). Fun article.

]]> http://www.linuxextremist.com/2006/07/24/darth-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Star Wars and Linux. at William T. Foxtrot Wed, 26 Jul 2006 04:32:46 +0000 http://www.linuxextremist.com/?p=60#comment-27 [...] The Linux Extremist has a funny, albeit incredibly dorky, post on how the Linux community is comparable to the Sith and the Empire in Star Wars: I can already hear the howls of outrage from science fiction and Linux geeks from one end of the globe to another. “How dare you say such a thing?” they will say - “Microsoft is the evil empire, you’ve said it yourself, Groznii!” However, as a devotee of both Linux and the Dark Side, I can’t draw that conclusion. [...] [...] The Linux Extremist has a funny, albeit incredibly dorky, post on how the Linux community is comparable to the Sith and the Empire in Star Wars: I can already hear the howls of outrage from science fiction and Linux geeks from one end of the globe to another. “How dare you say such a thing?” they will say - “Microsoft is the evil empire, you’ve said it yourself, Groznii!” However, as a devotee of both Linux and the Dark Side, I can’t draw that conclusion. [...]

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