Microsoft wants to buy Canonical?

[ubudog]

http://techie-buzz.com/foss/microsoft-interested-in-buying-canonical.html

WTF? [-X

[iponeverything]

http://techie-buzz.com/foss/microsoft-interested-in-buying-canonical.html

wtf? [-x

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[mechro]

It's still March 31 here. I'll believe it at Midnight.

[RiceMonster]

Microsoft already owns Canonical, sillies.

[tica vun]

Ah, April 1st, the day internet news are useless...

[solitaire]

yup a few hours tooo early :D

at least it's not as bad as MSI's April fools "RTFM" chip stunt... :D

[AllRadioisDead]

Looks legit.

[sandyd]

I wonder what google is going to do this year.

I get april fools day off work but not the day after, so I hope not many people are going to play pranks with the computers.............

[Austin25]

Happy April Fools Day Folks! [/I]
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down at the bottom.
thank god...

[Psumi]

yup a few hours tooo early :D

Yes, it's still... 5:42 PM march 31st, Central time where I am.

[mickie.kext]

Lamest. April fool joke. Evar.

[Shibblet]

I like how the address bar says "THIS IS A FAKE"

[chriswyatt]

Well I want to buy Canonical. Doesn't mean it's gonna happen though. ;)

[Psumi]

if microsoft bought canonical, ubuntu would still be free, you do realize that; right? ;)

[ubunterooster]

if microsoft bought canonical, ubuntu would still be free, you do realize that; right? ;)
Free as in beer is cool but if I lose free as in MINE to add, remove, and alter, I'M GONE. Hopefully you will all follow me outta here.

I do not believe it. My father got rickrolled two days ago; pranks are out early.

[AllRadioisDead]

Here comes all the Microsoft bashing.

[Psumi]

Free as in beer is cool but if I lose free as in MINE to add, remove, and alter, I'M GONE. Hopefully you will all follow me outta here.

I do not believe it. My father got rickrolled two days ago; pranks are out early.

I'm already on debian. *rolls out the bandwagon.*

[t0p]

Looks legit.

The only part of the article that looks legit is the sentence at the end:


Happy April Fools Day Folks!

So you read a blatantly unbelievable article that ends with a statement like that, and you think it "looks legit". Crazeee...

[KdotJ]

lol the 'memo' looks terribly fake as it is, even with out the "April fools" line at the bottom

[ubudog]

Oh well, If Microsoft does ever manage to buy Canonical, I am over to Debian or Fedora. Probably Debian.

[scouser73]

Yeah, I nearly fell for it...good one, lol

[Dayofswords]

darn you april 1st!!

you and your uselessness to my news intake!!

[ubudog]

darn you april 1st!!

you and your uselessness to my news intake!!

:lolflag: me too...

[dragos240]

I almost passed out. Then I saw the bottom of the page. Phew.....

It's not even april here yet.

[ubunterooster]

[I'm w/ Psumi] And after last years prank Wanda [the fish] placed on me, I hate these pranks!

[Dayofswords]

note the address to the picture

http://cache.techie-buzz.com/images/postimg/ricky/fake.png

click it

note the address in the browser

[lais]

ahhhh....April 1 the day when you cannot believe in anything you read :p

[RichardLinx]

I almost passed out.
lol.

[Warpnow]

Can't view the link.




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[sudoer541]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!! OMG! OMG!! OMG!!! I am freaking out!!! {breath in} and {breath out}

{crying!!!} ubuntu is gonna die!!!!!{crying!!!}


oooppss I am breaking the rules (too much drama)
MODZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!.... MODZZZZZZZZZZZZZ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! close this thread!!!

[jflaker]

Microsoft Interested In Buying Canonical (http://techie-buzz.com/foss/microsoft-interested-in-buying-canonical.html)

According to a leaked company memo, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is reportedly interested in buying Canonical, the company behind the popular Linux Distro Ubuntu.

Time to rally the troops...This news needs a pre-emptive strike!

[MaxIBoy]

Canonical is privately held, so no one can acquire it unless its owners agree to sell. I think it's an entirely fair question as to whether this will eventually happen. But if Microsoft tries, I think they will at least need to pay far more than market value for it. (And with that money, a "new Canonical" could be founded, for example.)

Actually, look at the bottom of the article. In big friendly letters:

Happy April Fools Day Folks!

[jflaker]

Canonical is privately held, so no one can acquire it unless its owners agree to sell. I think it's an entirely fair question as to whether this will eventually happen. But if Microsoft tries, I think they will at least need to pay far more than market value for it. (And with that money, a "new Canonical" could be founded, for example.)

Actually, look at the bottom of the article. In big friendly letters:
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can't give it away that fast! lol

[MCVenom]

'South African company'?

And it was almost convincing too ;)

Though if it were me, I would have said they wanted to buy Novell. Now there's a truly epic (and uncomfortably plausible) April Fool's Joke :p

[Psumi]

MODZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!.... MODZZZZZZZZZZZZZ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! close this thread!!!

They could just delete your post and not lock the thread.

After all, it's not breaking any rules. :|

[NightwishFan]

Awww you ruined it for me!

[deer dance]

I don't get it

[cariboo]

Merged the two threads on the same subject.

[lais]

Though if it were me, I would have said they wanted to buy Novell. Now there's a truly epic (and uncomfortably plausible) April Fool's Joke :p

Indeed! :D

[Paqman]

lol @ ChromeOS!