John Andersen wrote: > On Sunday 19 November 2006 01:28, Mark Hounschell wrote: >> What would happen if MS were able to coerce >> Novell into actually sneaking some of its IP into linux (glibc/kernel etc) >> only to be 'discovered' at some time convenient to MS? >> >> Mark > > That seems pretty far fetched. Why do it so publicly? > > > If you are into conspiracy theories, heres one for you: >
Actually I am, but unfortunately, despite 'anything said or read anywhere by anybody', the fact is, MS wants linux gone and nothing it 'intentionally' does is going to help linux or any linux distributer in the long run. Including Novell. > It seems more likely to me that Novell caught Microsoft > with some GPL code in Vista the day before it went to production > and the big hurry up was all about getting SOMETHING in place > so that Vista could ship. Then they can work to replace it via normal > update means later. > But Novell, nor anyone else, has the access to MS code that could enable such a find. Unless it was something as obvious as say finding KDE on the desktop. This seems impossible to me. > I don't buy the Oracle response theory, cuz Microsoft has no > product that is competitive with Oracle anyway, so why would > they have to respond to that. > Agreed. Mark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
