On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 20:46:54 -0600 James Cammarata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Talk is cheap. A lot of the flak he is taking is coming from the OS people. > > Nothing says he has to stick to his word, or even the spirit of it, when > > he's > > $500M richer. His business model is worse than Microsoft's. > > > > We cheered when IBM went down, but Microsoft was worse. > > I agree. Whether this guy stands by his word or not is irrelevant. I > do not like the idea of suing over patents in this method. This URL > (posted on /. today) illustrates this point perfectly. > > http://news.com.com/2100-1038-5141810.html?tag=nefd_hed Okay, okay, I admit it, I just like seeing MS take one in the...er...well, you know. It *is* a bad precedent to set, at least for open source, it's just that standing up for Microsoft in this case makes me feel like an ACLU lawyer defending a Klansman ;-) -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling."-- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
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