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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Halloween Documents</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../H.html" title="H"/><link rel="previous" href="hakspek.html" title="hakspek"/><link rel="next" href="ham.html" title="ham"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Halloween Documents</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="hakspek.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">H</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ham.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Halloween-Documents"/><dt xmlns="" id="Halloween-Documents"><b>Halloween Documents</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A pair of Microsoft internal strategy memoranda leaked to ESR in
late 1998 that confirmed everybody's paranoia about the current
<a href="../E/Evil-Empire.html"><i class="glossterm">Evil Empire</i></a>. <a href="http://www.opensource.org/halloween/" target="_top"> These documents</a> praised
the technical excellence of <a href="../L/Linux.html"><i class="glossterm">Linux</i></a> and outlined a
counterstrategy of attempting to lock in customers by
&#8220;<span class="quote">de-commoditizing</span>&#8221; Internet protocols and services. They were
extensively cited on the Internet and in the press and proved so
embarrassing that Microsoft PR barely said a word in public for six months
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