yeah... get ready to put ur pirate caps on! :D On 5/16/07, Ankur Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I can feel it in the air, we are near to victory!! > > On 5/16/07, Prasanna Gautam <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > Once again using some words (public domain) from Gandhi... > > "First they ignore you, > > > > then they ridicule you, > > > > *then they fight you*, > > > > then you win." - > > > > -- Mahatma Gandhi > > > > On 5/16/07, Prasanna Gautam <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > In the beginning: > > > > > > When this linux-child was born, like all Spartans, he was inspected. > > > > > > For the strength of the code lies only in its openness. > > > > > > ---oOo--- > > > > > > The Threat: > > > > > > Microsoft Messenger: > > > Choose your next words carefully, Leon-ix-idas. They may be your last > > > as king. > > > > > > Linux: > > > You bring the skulls and crowns of conquered corporations to my > > > desktop, you insult my queen, and you threaten my people with lawsuits and > > > FUD! Oh, I've chosen my words carefully, Microsoft. Perhaps you should > > > have > > > done the same! *kick* > > > > > > ---oOo--- > > > > > > The preliminary skirmishes : > > > > > > Microsoft : > > > Send in the SCOuts to test the strength of these Spartan defences. > > > > > > Linux : > > > Our Unix ancestors built this wall. Using ancient stones from the > > > bosom of Greece herself. > > > And with a little Spartan help, your Microsoft-sponsored SCOuts > > > supplied the mortar. > > > > > > ---oOo--- > > > > > > The battle: > > > > > > Microsoft : > > > A thousand lawyers of the Microsoft empire descend upon you. Our > > > patents will blot out the sun! > > > > > > Linux : > > > Then we will code in the shade ! > > > > > > ---oOo--- > > > > > > The aftermath: > > > > > > Narrator: > > > The world will know that freemen stood against a tyrant, that few > > > stood against many, > > > and that before this battle is done, that even a god king can bleed. > > > > > > Microsoft: > > > WTF happened ? Who threw that chair ? > > > > > > > > > On 5/15/07, Bipin Gautam < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > X-No-Archive: > > > > > > > > > > > Now that Microsoft had identified the infringements, it could > > > > try to > > > > > > > seek royalties. But from whom? FOSS isn't made by a company > > > > but by a > > > > > > > loose-knit community of hundreds of individuals and companies. > > > > One > > > > > > > possibility was to approach the big commercial Linux > > > > distributors like > > > > > > > Red Hat and Novell that give away the software but sell > > > > subscription > > > > > > > support services. However, distributors were prohibited from > > > > paying > > > > > > > patent royalties by something whose very existence may > > > > surprise many > > > > > > > readers: FOSS's own licensing terms. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Contd...Follow the above link. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > > > > > arr... suspense..... n it bugs anyone enough to click that link. > > > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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