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Borg - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Borg : n. In "Star Trek: The Next Generation" the Borg is a species of
cyborg that ruthlessly seeks to incorporate all sentient life into
itself; their slogan is "You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile."
In hacker parlance, the Borg is usually Microsoft, which is thought to
be trying just as ruthlessly to assimilate all computers and the entire
Internet to itself (there is a widely circulated image of Bill Gates as
a Borg). Being forced to use Windows or NT is often referred to as being
"Borged". Interestingly, the Halloween Documents reveal that this
jargon is live within Microsoft itself. (Other companies, notably Intel
and UUNet, have also occasionally been equated to the Borg.) See also
Evil Empire, Internet Exploiter.
In IETF circles, where direct pressure from Microsoft is not a daily
reality, the Borg is sometimes Cisco. This usage commemmorates their
tendency to pay any price to hire talent away from their competitors. In
fact, at the Spring 1997 IETF, a large number of ex-Cisco employees, all
former members of Routing Geeks, showed up with t-shirts printed with
"Recovering Borg".
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Example Usage of Borg |
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HebaF: @mayoom_ m3rfsh ! fe 15 Borg 2oddami, wa7ed mnhom. infront of city centre |
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metsgrrl: agreed. reyes vs the Borg RT @TheRopolitans: http://twitpic.com/ts36w - This might be the photo of the century. |
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KeriStevens: .@Elise_Logan Thing is, I think they're increasingly clever spambots. Androids. Borg. |
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