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evil empire
(jargon) | Evil Empire
n.
[from Ronald Reagan's famous characterization of the communist Soviet
Union] Formerly IBM, now Microsoft. Functionally, the company most
hackers love to hate at any given time. Hackers like to see themselves as
romantic rebels against the Evil Empire, and frequently adopt this role to
the point of ascribing rather more power and malice to the Empire than it
actually has. See also Borg and search for ‘Evil Empire’ pages on the
Web.
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evil empire
(jargon) | Evil Empire
n.
[from Ronald Reagan's famous characterization of the communist Soviet
Union] Formerly IBM, now Microsoft. Functionally, the company most
hackers love to hate at any given time. Hackers like to see themselves as
romantic rebels against the Evil Empire, and frequently adopt this role to
the point of ascribing rather more power and malice to the Empire than it
actually has. See also Borg and search for ‘Evil Empire’ pages on the
Web.
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