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Re: Will Linux Companies Grow Some Cojones and say NO?

__/ [ spike1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Tuesday 05 June 2007 01:18 \__

> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> did eloquently scribble:
>> __/ [ Au79 ] on Tuesday 05 June 2007 00:31 \__
> 
>>> Microsoft teams with Linux distributor Xandros
>>> 
>>> Microsoft and Linux distributor Xandros announced on Monday a technical
>>> and legal collaboration, the latest step in the software giant's ongoing
>>> program to partner with open-source companies. Over the next five years,
>>> the two companies ...
>>> 
>>> <http://osdir.com/Article9854.phtml>
> 
>> Linux isn't hard. It's just selective about its friends. Parasites don't
>> fit the Free software ecosystem.
> 
> Besides, some linux companies have already shown they have sufficient
> "Cojones". Redhat has been objecting to the SuSE deal and saying "Not a
> chance" to any microsoft "offers" since they made their first overtures.

Well, any deal that revolves around interoperability, they argue, should be
based on open standards, not IP. They are with the EU's stance. Microsoft
should also accept OpenDocument and stop trying to fool the world.

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