This has also crossed my mind... I admit it really _does_ sound like conspiration theory, but then again i believe that micro$oft would not stop at _anything_ to get its way. Even if that means using such tactics. I just hope for the sake of Linux, all of its users, and in the long run "freedom of code" (as in freedom of speech) that nobody that stupid to do a copy-paste into an OSS project gets their hands on that damn code
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 13:40:46 -0600 Matt Garman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hat scares me, truly, is that it only takes one bonehead to do a copy > and paste job from the MS code to a (previously) legitimate OSS > application. And, as you say, that gives Microsoft, with their vast > financial and legal resources, an opportunity to start doing a lot of > damage to the OSS world. > > I'm probably overly paranoid, but part of me is thinking about a > conspiracy. Even if it's not a conspiracy, you've got to admit that > Microsoft is pretty good at taking advantage of circumstances, and > working things to their favor. I'm sure someone there will figure out > a way to use this "opportunity" to kill Linux---as many have > suggested, Microsoft's (and SCO's) only way to beat OSS is through > manipulation of the legal system. > > I hope this isn't the first step towards the criminalization of Linux. -- GPG public keys available at pgp.mit.edu
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