borg

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. See also {Evil Empire},
   {Internet Exploiter}.

   Other companies, notably Intel and UUNet, have also occasionally been
   equated to the Borg. In IETF circles, where direct pressure from
   Microsoft is not a daily reality, the Borg is sometimes Cisco. This
   usage commemorates 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".