The Ghost In The Machine wrote:
> High Plains Thumper wrote:
>
>> | How do I get MS Linux?
>> |
>> | We are now offering the MS Linux Introductory CD at a
>> | special introductory price of only $249.99 (plus
>> | shipping and handling), if you order before it ships.
>> |
>> | MS Linux is released under the provisions of the Gates
>> | Private License, which means you can freely use this
>> | Software on a single machine without warranty after
>> | having paid the purchase price and annual renewal fees.
>>
>> After looking it over, I realised that it is satiracle but
>> entertaining. Perhaps this is the direction Novell's SuSE
>> is headed? :-)
>
> Hard to say. At least Microsoft can't patent satire;
> clearly this is prior art. :-)
Perhaps not, but they can claim it violates their patents.
OTOH, as one Winvocate put it, perhaps it is like security,
"It is a binary condition. Either you are satirical or not."
:-)
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