Speaking as a former MS programmer, the standard tone for those of us who have left the Borg is somewhere around "Those Bastards! Those Evil Sons of..." you get the idea. I always thought of them as more of a demon horde (managers and above) fleshed out with the soul-less (employees, sacrificing everything in their lives to keep the stock vesting at all costs) and the damned (permatemps). But

Dude, don't worry too much about tone. The Monk metaphor permeates the site, but one reference per post is sufficient. As for your screen name, I thought it was a Dune reference. Duke Leto Atreides, right?

-Logan
"What do I want? I'm an American. I want more."