__/ [ [H]omer ] on Tuesday 18 July 2006 09:52 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> IBM, Micorosoft protest Indonesia's open source policy
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Microsoft said that Indonesian government's support to the open
>> | source application could threat market of informatic technology
>> | (IT) software produced by some US IT giant companies such as
>> | Microsoft, IBM, and Oracle.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.antara.co.id/en/seenws/?id=16383
>
> LOL! Yes, that's the whole point.
>
> Here's a tissue; dry yer eyes, Billy Boy.
Someone told me that Microsoft sort of spoke on behalf of
the other companies and claimed that having no licence is
illegal. They tries to portray the PGL as though it was no
valid licence. Again I must stress that I have not read the
article in depth, but this is what I understood from
somebody who did. Microsoft is FUD'ing its way to the bank,
but it sees its business going away as more businesses
retract and revoke licence that stood for many years
(serving as a perpetual cash cow). We'll be seeing many more
stories as such, I suspect... on a /national/ level.
Best wishes,
Roy
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