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1. Tek say vote (tek@freeradical.zone)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Nov-2024 01:24:59 JST Tek say vote

   Once Linux's Biggest Enemy: Darl McBride Dies and Nobody Notices - FOSS Force https://fossforce.com/2024/11/once-linuxs-biggest-enemy-darl-mcbride-dies-and-nobody-notices/

   Darl “Eat a Bag of Dicks” McBride set technology back several years. Nothing of value was lost.

   • Tek say vote (tek@freeradical.zone)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Nov-2024 01:24:58 JST Tek say vote

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     Youngsters here, this is also one of the reasons so many of us absolutely detest Microsoft. They used SCO to try and destroy open source software legally instead of competing against it by offering better products: https://practical-tech.com/2003/05/21/cyber-cynic-the-microsoft-sco-connection/

   • Tek say vote (tek@freeradical.zone)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Nov-2024 01:24:59 JST Tek say vote

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     That loser (no really, he lost every case) set back the whole industry by several years when he tried to poison the reputation of Linux and Free Software. I shudder to imagine my career arc if he’d succeeded in destroying it.

     murph :amiga: repeated this.