Why does anybody doubt that Microsoft does not have good intentions for FOSS? What Could they possibly gain by giving Linux/FOSS a leg up in the computer industry?
Microsoft even put up an add searching for employees that said as much. What Microsoft wants is to get up close to its enemy to fight it from up close.
The Open Source community is on the boarders of main stream computing now a days and I bet some can't turn down the legitimacy that established companies could provide. FOSS has been waiting in the wings too long.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
In antiquity, Armenia was in a very interesting position. There is no doubt that it possessed it own individual culture but, due to its geographic position, it was caught in an ancient tug of war between the culture of the east and west.
It began with none other than Alexander the Great, after he created his short lived Hellenistic empire he created a new cultural scene all across the middle east. For the first time European culture was exported on a large scale.
This happen roughly when Armenia began to develop a national identity.
Hellenistic culture by no means replaced older eastern culture in the Persian empire (which re-arose in the form of the Parthian Kingdom). When Rome rose, once again spreading Hellenistic/Roman culture, the Persian and Roman empires were frequently engaged in war. Armenia happened to be right in between them, and a frequent site of their war was in Armenia.
The noble families of Armenia were politicly split between pro-east and pro-west possitions, essentially an early two party system with no elections and allot of court intrigue.
Anyway this political split existed in Armenian politics all the way until the fall of the eastern roman empire in the 1400's, and after that there realy wasnt much of a choice between east and west.
It began with none other than Alexander the Great, after he created his short lived Hellenistic empire he created a new cultural scene all across the middle east. For the first time European culture was exported on a large scale.
This happen roughly when Armenia began to develop a national identity.
Hellenistic culture by no means replaced older eastern culture in the Persian empire (which re-arose in the form of the Parthian Kingdom). When Rome rose, once again spreading Hellenistic/Roman culture, the Persian and Roman empires were frequently engaged in war. Armenia happened to be right in between them, and a frequent site of their war was in Armenia.
The noble families of Armenia were politicly split between pro-east and pro-west possitions, essentially an early two party system with no elections and allot of court intrigue.
Anyway this political split existed in Armenian politics all the way until the fall of the eastern roman empire in the 1400's, and after that there realy wasnt much of a choice between east and west.
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