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- From: ericb@rigel.cs.pdx.edu (Furry Logic)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: IBM, MS, and the Borg
- Message-ID: <6577@pdxgate.UUCP>
- Date: 15 Dec 92 22:51:11 GMT
- Article-I.D.: pdxgate.6577
- References: <1992Dec13.185558.6948@gw.wmich.edu-
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- 32coulter@gw.wmich.edu writes:
-
- -Just a silly question:
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- -Why is the January/February release of the OS/2 refresh being dubbed the
- -"Borg" release? Someone's signature had something like the following:
-
- -We are Microsoft.
- -Unix is irrelevant.
- -OS/2 is irrelevant.
- -Openness is futile.
- -Prepart to be assimilated.
-
- -Could I conclude that the Jan/Feb release is intended to be the Starfleet
- -Federation's OS/2 attack against the Microsoft Borg? Especially since
- -MS intends to assimilate all forms of software into one Microsoft species?
-
- Well, whatever it is, I found a new sig. Credit goes to the inventor, who
- they may be. :)
-
- -e.b.
-
- Eric Berggren | "Sometimes I think the surest sign that
- Computer Science/Eng. | intelligent life exists elsewhere in the
- Computer Action Team | Universe is that none of it has tried to
- ericb@rigel.cs.pdx.edu | contact us." -- Bill Watterson
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