If Microsoft uses the breakup as an opportunity to port Office, and its
infernal Dancing Paper Clip, to my Linux operating system, heads will fly!
I'll track down that idiot who created Clippit and sic a killer penguin on
him!
-- Linus Torvalds, when asked by Humorix for his reaction
to the proposed Microsoft two-way split
infernal Dancing Paper Clip, to my Linux operating system, heads will fly!
I'll track down that idiot who created Clippit and sic a killer penguin on
him!
-- Linus Torvalds, when asked by Humorix for his reaction
to the proposed Microsoft two-way split
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