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I try not to drink the Kool-Aid either on Microsoft's side (again, they are not necessarily my cup of tea), but the prevalence of the people with the "Hey! Reme

I try not to drink the Kool-Aid either on Microsoft's side (again, they are not necessarily my cup of tea), but the prevalence of the people with the "Hey! Remember that Steve Ballmer called Linux a cancer? Micro$$$hit!!" attitude sucks my energy dry.

fuzztester 1y ago
who at microsoft said open source is unamerican https://www.google.com/search?q=who+at+microsoft+said+open+source+is+unamerican https://www.google.com/search?q=who+at+microsoft+said+open+s... one of the results: Weekly news wrapup: Microsoft claims Linux is un-American: https://www.linux.com/news/weekly-news-wrapup-microsoft-claims-linux-un-american/ https://www.linux.com/news/weekly-news-wrapup-microsoft-clai... from 2001. well, gosh, I feel sorry for those American Linux developers of that time. I guess they were unAmerican, according to Allchin. if they were of this time, i guess they would have been deported by ICE. sorry for the victim now ... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-48lNCrmqxA https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-48lNCrmqxA
- ivanmontillam 1y ago
  Well, for starters: Linux is of Finnish origin. Linus Torvalds might be a U.S. citizen today, but during the first years of Linux he was certainly not thinking U.S. values and that someday his biggest userbase would be there. > Weekly news wrapup: Microsoft claims Linux is un-American: Yeah, typical Ballmer-era.
  - abcd_f 1y ago
    > he was certainly not thinking U.S. values Damn. I wasn't sure if you were trolling above and now it's clear that you were.
    - fuzztester 1y ago
      yeah! jfc. what a pompous, fake hipster mentality he has. I looked him up, via his HN profile: here is his About me section, at the bottom of his blog's main page - https://www.ivanmontilla.com/ https://www.ivanmontilla.com/ : I found it so funny and hypocritical that I highlighted some of the sillier phrases below - in italics : ------------------------- About me Ivan Montilla I self-define as a challenger of the status quo. Usually, I question trends. Normalcy is to be avoided. Some of the greatest opportunities lie where no one else is looking. I’m more of a niche markets guy. My interests are ever-changing, but I’m currently interested in financial markets technology. I’m also passionate for software performance. I do develop some software, but not professionally. I’m more of a power user of programming languages. I see it as a craft, both engineering and some form of art. ---------------------------
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fuzztester 1y ago
if that's the case, you must not have had much energy to begin with. Kool-Aid and tea can do that to you :)

fuzztester 1y ago

who at microsoft said open source is unamerican https://www.google.com/search?q=who+at+microsoft+said+open+source+is+unamerican https://www.google.com/search?q=who+at+microsoft+said+open+s... one of the results: Weekly news wrapup: Microsoft claims Linux is un-American: https://www.linux.com/news/weekly-news-wrapup-microsoft-claims-linux-un-american/ https://www.linux.com/news/weekly-news-wrapup-microsoft-clai... from 2001. well, gosh, I feel sorry for those American Linux developers of that time. I guess they were unAmerican, according to Allchin. if they were of this time, i guess they would have been deported by ICE. sorry for the victim now ... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-48lNCrmqxA https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-48lNCrmqxA

ivanmontillam 1y ago
Well, for starters: Linux is of Finnish origin. Linus Torvalds might be a U.S. citizen today, but during the first years of Linux he was certainly not thinking U.S. values and that someday his biggest userbase would be there. > Weekly news wrapup: Microsoft claims Linux is un-American: Yeah, typical Ballmer-era.
- abcd_f 1y ago
  > he was certainly not thinking U.S. values Damn. I wasn't sure if you were trolling above and now it's clear that you were.
  - fuzztester 1y ago
    yeah! jfc. what a pompous, fake hipster mentality he has. I looked him up, via his HN profile: here is his About me section, at the bottom of his blog's main page - https://www.ivanmontilla.com/ https://www.ivanmontilla.com/ : I found it so funny and hypocritical that I highlighted some of the sillier phrases below - in italics : ------------------------- About me Ivan Montilla I self-define as a challenger of the status quo. Usually, I question trends. Normalcy is to be avoided. Some of the greatest opportunities lie where no one else is looking. I’m more of a niche markets guy. My interests are ever-changing, but I’m currently interested in financial markets technology. I’m also passionate for software performance. I do develop some software, but not professionally. I’m more of a power user of programming languages. I see it as a craft, both engineering and some form of art. ---------------------------
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fuzztester 1y ago

if that's the case, you must not have had much energy to begin with. Kool-Aid and tea can do that to you :)