On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 23:43:00 +0000 Kaj Haulrich disseminated the following:
> Before wednesday, you'll find the headlines going like this : > > "The EU Commission and Microsoft settles : Microsoft allows certain > non-Microsoft software into consumer PC's. Microsoft admits > misconduct and pays a 10.000 ___ fine". ...there's always hope :-) But ya, I don't think any legal institution is going to drive a stake through the heart of MS, it's going to play out more like a dinosaur thing, MS will just eventually become irrelevant. They're hemmhoraging in the enterprise/server market to open source alternatives, and the desktop isn't more than a few years away, even according to the most cynical observers. The SCO thing isn't going to work, the FUD isn't working anymore at all, they are _doomed_. Information (and software) will be free because it has to be, not because some bunch of bureaucrats and lawyers say so, all due respect to the efforts of the EFF. -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 17:49:31 up 7 days, 8:19, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a-begging." -- Martin Luther
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