On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Christopher R. Hertel wrote: > I have been communicating with a lawyer friend who had some involvement > with the Microsoft case. Looking at the decision from the judge, we noted > that it seems as though the prosecution failed to clearly explain Open > Source and its importance in the marketplace to the judge. As a result, > the Judge did not recognize the importance of full and open disclosure of > the APIs.
I wonder if the decision is no longer relevant. I suspect that MS has lots of problems on their hands. There is a steam roller of open source coming at them all over the world, and they have grown big and bloated and unable to move swiftly. I say, lets just continue to make it easier for people to get off NT and onto Samba on UNIX :-) Regards ----- Richard Sharpe, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.richardsharpe.com