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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Evil Empire</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="../E.html" title="E"/><link rel="previous" href="evil-and-rude.html" title="evil and rude"/><link rel="next" href="exa-.html" title="exa-"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Evil Empire</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="evil-and-rude.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">E</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="exa-.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Evil-Empire"/><dt xmlns="" id="Evil-Empire"><b>Evil Empire</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from Ronald Reagan's famous characterization of the communist
Soviet Union] Formerly <a href="../I/IBM.html"><i class="glossterm">IBM</i></a>, now
<a href="../M/Microsoft.html"><i class="glossterm">Microsoft</i></a>. 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 <a href="../B/Borg.html"><i class="glossterm">Borg</i></a> and search for &#8216;Evil
Empire&#8217; pages on the Web.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="evil-and-rude.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../E.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="exa-.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">evil and rude </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> exa-</td></tr></table></div></body></html>