____/ Doug Mentohl on Sunday 24 June 2007 14:36 : \____
> On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 08:59:37 -0400, Oldtech wrote:
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http://en.tiraecol.net/modules/comic/comic.php?content_id=124&mode=flat&order=0
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> 'I sold Bill Gates my soul and then licensed it back under reasonable
> and non discriminatory terms'
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=214380&cid=17418140
"Hovsepian’s Personal Payoff [from Microsoft]
He received 778,470 shares of stock awarded 12/20/06.
From this page you can see he’s historically not a big holder.
778,470 @ $6.20 is $4,826,514. No doubt he was hoping for more presents
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under his tree. Perhaps there will be more for him after the dust settles.
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Certainly would have been nice for him if the Street had liked the deal and he
got a good bump. Too bad.
It’s interesting that seven of ten managers listed here are new to the
company in 2006, and almost all are new in the last 18 months.
If I were a stockholder looking at that, and the recent change of course in
the company, I might be concerned. The theme is familiar, but I can’t remember
where I saw it before… Maybe someone else will reply with that answer."
http://www.linux.com/feature/115066
"What is transparent is the message coming out of one side of Microsoft's
mouth which tries to convince customers there is a threat of legal action
against them should they dare to use Linux and/or open source software
without paying Microsoft for the privilege. The biggest unknowns in the
Xandros and Linspire deals is how much money Microsoft paid them to bolster
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that message."
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Real men don't consume GPL code, spit in it, and then hand it over to Microsoft
for stomping.
Mr. Carnomy;
Mr. Hovsepian;
and Mr. Typaldos, Xandros,
If there is any justice in the world, your brand-new 50-foot yacht will get
stolen and sail to Peru.
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