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1 definition found From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: 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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