On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 00:50:19 +0300 Paul M disseminated the following: > >>>It probably refers to this organization. There was a lot of > >>>talk about it last year. > >>> > >>>http://www.osriskmanagement.com/ > >>>http://www.osriskmanagement.com/pdf_articles/OSRMMSStatement.pdf > >> > >>Typical corporate grifters, tryin' to make a buck off o' > >>peoples' unfounded fears and artificial desires. Special place > >>in hell for those folk. > > > > > > Actually, it's looks like it's the other of two scenarios. > > Instead of it being a company that's just out to kill Linux, > > it's a company that's making relatively factual statements that > > Linux haters are perverting and taking out of context. > > > > Case in point, these people made the patent statement, and > > then Ballmer took it, perverted it, and then tried used it > > against Linux. These guys published the following response, > > essentially saying that while their claims were accurate, it's > > conclusion is the opposite of Ballmers: > > > > "The bottom line is there___s no reason to believe that Windows, > > Solaris, AIX, or any other functionally similar operating system > > has any less risk of infringing patents than does Linux." > > > > Check it out, it's very short (less than one page): > > > > http://www.osriskmanagement.com/pdf_articles/OSRMMSStatement.pdf > > > > > This is only true if they have evidence that these patents are being > violated. If they don't they're using FUD to drum up business.
...not to mention the simple fact of the root of their 'business': F/OSS. If they *really* stand by the statement Miark quoted, why do they fixate on OSS? Like the BSA, they are not but leeches, focusing on what they see as a 'soft target', OSS. If they had any balls, their name wouldn't be what it is. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 18:04:42 up 62 days, 19:13, 7 users, load average: 0.16, 0.11, 0.09 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ There are literally several levels of SCO being wrong. And even if we were to live in that alternate universe where SCO would be right, they'd still be wrong. -- Linus Torvalds
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