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 "Resistence is futile. You will
be assimilated." 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.
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