I loved the joke! It was deep. Precisely how they should be on April fool day. /Daniel Holm <a href="http://www.danielholm.se">http://www.danielholm.se</a> <div class="gmail_quote">2009/4/5 Brett Alton <<a href="mailto:brett.jr.alton@gmail.com">brett.jr.alton@gmail.com</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Just letting you all kno that I was pretty upset about it. I was thinking of writing a strongly worded e-mail to your guys but figured I should wait a couple hours to cool down. By then, I realized it was April Fools and assumed your news to be as well. You got me ;) PS: We do have April Fools in Canada, I just usually am more trusting than most :S <div><div></div><div class="h5"> On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Farran Lee <<a href="mailto:fazzy.baboon@ntlworld.com">fazzy.baboon@ntlworld.com</a>> wrote: > On Wed, 2009-04-01 at 16:04 +0300, Liraz Siri wrote: > > (Sorry guys, Ubuntu was fun, but money talks!) > > SOURCE: <a href="http://www.turnkeywindows.org/news" target="_blank">http://www.turnkeywindows.org/news</a> > > SEOUL Apr. 1, 2009 In a keynote address at the 2009 Federated > Assembly of Korean Engineers, Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer > Steve Ballmer announced a broad business and technical collaboration > agreement with the open source project formerly known as TurnKey Linux > to build, market and support a series of TurnKey Windows software > appliances, based on the upcoming Windows 7 operating system. > > Under the technical collaboration agreement, Microsoft and the open > source project formerly known as TurnKey Linux will create a joint > research facility and develop new software appliance solutions for use > with leading virtualization solutions such as Microsoft Virtual PC and > Hyper-V Server. > > The key components of the reciprocal agreement are: > > * The project formerly known as TurnKey Linux will relaunch as TurnKey > Windows at <a href="http://www.turnkeywindows.org/" target="_blank">http://www.turnkeywindows.org/</a> > * Microsoft will collaborate with TurnKey Windows to develop appliances > based on Windows 7, Microsoft's highly anticipated next-generation PC > operating system, slated for release in 2010. In the interim, new beta > TurnKey Windows appliances will be based on Windows Server 2008. > * Existing TurnKey Linux users will be automatically upgraded to an > equivalent TurnKey Windows appliance as soon as one becomes available. > By allowing an appliance to upgrade automatically users implicitly > accept the new End User License Agreement. > * Microsoft will generously allow free usage of TurnKey Windows > appliances for the duration of the Beta, after which the appliances > will require activation of a mandatory subscription plan. The new pay > as you go model is intended to dramatically reduce total cost of > ownership. > > Jointly developed beta versions of TurnKey Windows appliances will be > made available to MSDN, TechBeta and TechNet customers. Consumers who > want to test-drive a beta appliance will be able to download the TurnKey > Windows Core beginning Apr. 31 at <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows7" target="_blank">http://www.microsoft.com/windows7</a>. > > Under the agreement, TurnKey Windows is establishing clear leadership > among software appliance vendors and Microsoft will officially recommend > TurnKey Windows for customers who want software appliance solutions. > Additionally, Microsoft will distribute coupons for on-demand deployment > of TurnKey Windows appliances in it's Azure utility cloud. > > "Too often open source projects ask monopolistic proprietary vendors to > adapt and embrace open source ideals. Today we are adapting our ideals > to a very generous monopolistic proprietary vendor" said Alon Swartz, > co-founder and CEO of TurnKey Windows. > > Following a sizeable donation by Microsoft, founders of the project > formerly known as TurnKey Linux agreed to rebuild all future appliances > on Windows 7. The upcoming operating system is designed to make everyday > tasks faster and easier, and make new things possible for end users. > Windows 7 reflects an evolved approach to engineering that will promote > interoperability between a wide and diverse range of Microsoft Windows > operating systems and incorporates advanced security features guaranteed > to prevent next-generation Windows installations from spontaneously > bursting into flames. > > Windows 7 is being designed to provide a solid platform to enable a new > generation of solutions. Windows 7 will enable developers to be more > productive and offers new capabilities to create more stunning > applications. The next generation operating system will include many > groundbreaking innovations including a new taskbar, Ribbon, which will > include a simple flight simulator program and a new version of Internet > Explorer which will feature entirely new ways to allow Nigerians to > rearrange your desktop icons. > > To learn more about this announcement, join the Microsoft TurnKey > Windows webcast, which will be broadcast live at 11 a.m. ET on April > 31, 2009. The webcast will also be available for replay. > > Like many commercial transactions, the financial terms of the agreement > are not being disclosed at this time. > > About TurnKey Windows > --------------------- > > TurnKey Windows, formerly known as TurnKey Linux, delivers software > appliances that help organizations do more will less by reducing > unnecessary friction and leveraging virtualization and cost-effective > on-demand infrastructure. > > About Microsoft > --------------- > > Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq MSFT) is the worldwide leader in > software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize > their full potential. > > > > > lol that was an April Fool... Don't know if you have April Fool outside of > the UK hehe > =================================== > Farran Lee > I'm only 16 :P </div></div>> -- <div class="im">> Ubuntu-news-team mailing list > <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-news-team@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-news-team@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-news-team" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-news-team</a> > > </div>-- Brett Alton <a href="http://brettalton.com" target="_blank">http://brettalton.com</a> <a href="mailto:brett.jr.alton@gmail.com">brett.jr.alton@gmail.com</a> <div><div></div><div class="h5"> -- Ubuntu-news-team mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-news-team@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-news-team@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-news-team" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-news-team</a> </div></div></blockquote></div>