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My rep came over and asked me this riddle: "What do you get when you combine Linux and Oracle?. Answer: "More garbage in the dumpster!". Then my rep and I traded "you the man, no you the man" barbs back and forth. We then found the gold SQL Server 2005 DVD I have locked in a safe here and stared at it in all its glory. I then went to our CEO and showed him this as "proof positive" that Linux and Open Source were finished. He asked how I could say that when Oracle is so large. I told him the answer to his question was out there on MSDN. My rep then chimed in with "ask not what Linux would do for you, but what Microsoft has done for you lately". With that he shook his head in amazement, obviously realizing the untold power in Microsoft software.
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Message has been deleted.  Linux User 14756O | 10/25/06
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