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Re: Ballmer: Linux 'uses our intellectual property ..

__/ [ ed ] on Friday 17 November 2006 18:55 \__

> On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 14:46:40 +0000
> Doug Mentohl <doug_mentohl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 09:05:44 +0000, Roy Schestowitz  wrote:
>> 
>> > Not much is new, but it comes right from the horse's (or baboon's)
>> > month.
>> 
>> " Linux 'uses our intellectual property' and Microsoft wanted to 'get
>> the appropriate economic return for our shareholders from our
>> innovation.'", S. Ballmer
>> 
>> This is directed to fuddie. What exactly is MS claiming IP right on.


Fuddie and co. have abandoned this newsgroup. I don't mean to provoke or
aggravate (which in itself is risky), but they won't survive for long. The
number of trolls that come and stay here drops by the day. Redmond has got
Ballmer for its FUD agenda, so the forums crusade has been curtailed. The
hundreds of millions of dollars that were passed to Novell for FUD purposes
have emptied the FUD budget that used to translate into cheques for
grassroot Munchkins (or shills and astroturfers). No money, no FUD.


> nothing that's gnu/linux
> 
>> What exactly in Linux violates MS IP rights.
> 
> nothing, or sco would have had a claim


If the trolls were here, they'd move the goalposts rather than address the
question.


>> Which version violates MS IP rights.
> 
> none.
> 
>> What are the names of the companies that MS claims are violating its
>> IP rights.
> 
> as yet, there are none.
> 
> there is a simple rule of thumb to use here:
> 
> if its in bsd/debian, there is a 99.999% chance that it's perfectly safe
> to use.


"Safe to use"? Let's not succumb to this terminology whose use Microsoft is
trying to encourage.


> another rule of thumb. pay no attention to this. it's only middle
> management schmuck's to believe this crap.


Upper management too, I think. They just read biased papers like the Seattle
Pie. Those Linux zealot! [sarcasm /] Microsoft comes out with open arms
begging for interoperability. Red Hat, in turn, ignores them. The vanity...
the vanity, I tells ya...

Best wishes,

Roy

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