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Linux wants to... destroy the desktop?!?

Posted by gus3 on · 11 comments
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I'll admit that I'm not a Marvel Comics fan (color me Vertigo), but this one's got me genuinely stumped: Iron Man is fighting the dark forces of Linux. That's direct from the writer's mouth, in fact.

[Equating Linux with terrorists. Ballmer must be wetting himself with delight - gus3]

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Comments (11)

DrDubious ·
Whatever happened to "Term Unit X", anyway?....
jdixon ·
> Whatever happened to "Term Unit X",

A quick Google search reveals that it's still there, but never got past issue 0.
thenixedreport ·
Wow. It looks like an open letter to Marvel is in order......
jacog ·
Conundrum: Do I laugh, or do I cry?
jdixon ·
> It looks like an open letter to Marvel is in order......

Preferably one pointing out that the word Linux is trademarked. They don't seem to be aware of that minor fact.
Sander_Marechal ·
@jdixon: Your point is?

"Linux" was mentioned by the writer in an interview with some magazine. As an analogy. It's not used anywhere in the comics themselves.
jdixon ·
> Your point is?

Apparently none. I didn't read the article, merely the comments.
gus3 Story submitter ·
Quoting:Zeke is a post-national business man and kind of an open source ideological terrorist... He has absolutely no loyalty to any sort of law, creed, or credo. He doesn’t want to beat Tony Stark, he wants to make him obsolete. Windows wants to be on every computer desktop in the world, but Linux and Stane want to destroy the desktop.
That's from the scriptwriter, quoted in the article. (The site it originally comes from is currently unavailable.)

Now, Sander, I ask: With phrases like "open source ideological terrorist" and "Windows wants to be on every computer desktop in the world, but Linux and Stane want to destroy the desktop", well, how much clearer could it be without stating outright that only bad guys use Linux?
Sander_Marechal ·
Oh, it's pretty clear what the author thinks (and it's laughable of course). But it's not trademark infringement :-)
NoDough ·
From netcraft.com's "What's that site running?..." query:

1. www.marvel.com Site Report April 1997 Marvel Linux

Not very current, but still...

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