I'd like to hear good in that, but I haven't yet. My reasoning is
Microsoft is a large business who won't make a lot of mistakes
and where they go wrong, they'll respond strongly to their
bottom line hurting. Further, I'm sure they think a lot about the
future.
Which leads me to conclude that if you aren't seeing positive
aspects to that deal then you're looking in the wrong place. As
sure as fate *someone* sees positive aspects in it or it would
never have happened. And I believe those positive aspects
are positive for Microsoft, not for you and me and the society
we live in.
Especially, observe the Microsoft maxim: All your file are
ours. Which they manage by a) they own the way you reach
it and use it; and by b) their relentless egregious working to
make their particular products as incompatible as the market
will allow, from whatever else is out there.
Those "positive" aspects are out there, sure enough; and when
you know what they are, you won't like them.
Cheers -- Martha Adams [to cola 207 Aug 19]
"John Bailo, Texeme.Construct" <jabailo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1187540540.694345.303400@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Aug 19, 9:04 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Love and war: the Microsoft patent deals
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| Few events have created more fodder for the blogosphere, more fuel
for
| Microsoft critics and more emotional responses than the Microsoft
patent
| deals with Novell, Linspire and Xandros. While putting together a
list of
| things people hate about these deals is easy, generating a list of
positive
| aspects is much harder.
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/love_and_war_the_microsoft_...
Novell snookered Microsoft.
End of story.
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