It's a "borg gates" picture, and I remember the post where they talked about getting rid of it - basically, there's no longer any fear of MS assimilating all computing diversity.
I remember pranking a colleague's computer after a Linux advocacy rant so that that Bill-Borg picture came up on her PC's splashscreen, with the message "You WILL be assimilated".
As it happened, that morning, she had just had a meeting with the boss about turning up late too frequently, and was thrown into a momentary paranoid panic, before she figured out that I was the culprit!
As it happened, that morning, she had just had a meeting with the boss about turning up late too frequently, and was thrown into a momentary paranoid panic, before she figured out that I was the culprit!
Heh. Those were the days.