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BearItAll <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Lewis A. Mettler, November 17, 2006 - Friday
>>
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>> | Novell may be trying to figure out how to make a buck with Microsoft.
>> | And that is okay. Microsoft on the other hand seems willing to part
>> | with hundreds of millions of dollars if it can somehow invalidate the
>> | GPL or engage in business in such a way that it is ineffective. And
>> | for Microsoft ineffective means getting developers to stop making
>> | contributions of code under the GPL. And this is a deliberate attack
>> | by Microsoft upon all open source developers. Possible patent
>> | royalties are almost a side issue. Microsoft wants to discourage
>> | individual and corporate developers from using the GPL. Pure and
>> | simple. To think otherwise would be naive.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.lamlaw.com/
>>
>> The creator of the rising star BoycottNovell.com has invited me to help
>> him with contributions. Sorry, Bailo.
>
> I always find this style a bit lame. 'Either you agree with me or your
> naive', simmilar to, 'I'm right and if you don't agree then your
> {wrong|stupid|have no clue}'.
Which is terrible, unless it's correct...
>
> Like our local newspaper that did a survey once, '95% said Yes and the rest
> were wrong'.
Irrelevant.
>
> Of cause we've all guessed that MS have other than getting friendly with
> Linux in mind with this. Maybe I am naive believing that the proposed comms
> update is Not just a disguise for what they true intentions are, but we do
> actually need an update in the packet comms, and with MS knowing that they
> have lost the server side they have to ensure good linkage with Linux.
> Maybe it is one that they intend to control.
You should read your own last line on the above paragraph again, and
then consider the question regarding naivety.
>
> I just wish they would involve someone else too, packet comms are too
> important to be left to just the two to decide on. You only have to think
> of the potential extent of any changes they make to see that we could
> either all benefit or all be deep in the s--t.
>
>
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| Mark Kent -- mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk |
How many Bavarian Illuminati does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
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