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| Authored by: luvr on Saturday, February 16 2013 @ 10:40 AM EST |
This wouldn't happen to have anything to do with Samba 4, would it? When I first
read the news about the Samba 4
release, there was one fragment that particularly struck
me:
“Its Python programming interface and administration
toolkit help in enterprise deployments.”
I couldn't (and
still can't) imagine Microsoft being all too happy about Python potentially
finding its way into stuff like Active Directory administration
tools—particularly when Microsoft is pushing its own Powershell as the
universal, all-encompassing administrative lock-in tool for all things
Windows.
Or have I grown overly paranoid from being exposed to Microsoft
misbehaviour for far too long?
Mind you, though: “Just because
you're paranoid, that doesn't mean they're not really after you...” [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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- interesting - Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, February 16 2013 @ 01:39 PM EST
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, February 17 2013 @ 09:08 AM EST |
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There's your answer.
Microsoft doesn't like Multi-Platform, and
while they aren't stupid enough to
attack Python directly, they are quite
willing to take advantage of someone
else's actions.
This has no
downsides for Microsoft. It costs them nothing, it doesn't
impact their
reputation, it hurts Free Software, and it impacts Multi-Platform
development.
What's not to like?
So the trolls pop up.
Follow the history of Trolls on Groklaw. They usually
pop up only when
something impacts Microsoft. You don't see them when
Apple, Oracle, IBM,
{Insert Patent Troll Name Here}, gets impacted by an
article, only Microsoft.
While I can't directly prove they are paid, the history
is strongly
suggestive.
Waynehttp://madhatter.ca [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: hardmath on Thursday, February 21 2013 @ 10:18 AM EST |
One way to look at it, they care enough to contort.
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Recursion is the opprobrium of the mathists. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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