The _correct_ address for LEAPBS is now in the "TO:" above. Quoting "Bryan J. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [ I welcome everyone to come discuss this on an off-topic list -- > LEAPBS. FYI, > Mr. Litt, author of Samba Unleashed, is a subscriber there (and > co-founder of > the local LUG). You don't have to be a list member to post either -- > although > be sure to CC yourself if you want to get copied on a response. ] > > Quoting "Christopher R. Hertel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > 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. > > And when was Open Source _ever_ represented in the case? > > That's been my "problem" with it all along. You've got a mis-mesh of > "screwed > over" 'competitors' and "we thought there was a free lunch" 'partners.' > _Never_ > was Open Source _ever_ represented. > > I have long advocated the government could do far more as Microsoft's > largest > _customer_ than the nation's _regulator_. I was surprised to see Mr. > Ralph > Nader, who I really don't think much of, agree with me on this > recently. >
-- Bryan J. Smith, E.I. Contact Info: http://thebs.org A+/i-Net+/Linux+/Network+/Server+ CCNA CIWA CNA SCSA/SCWSE/SCNA --------------------------------------------------------------- 'In the new commercials for MSN 8, a guy dressed in a Microsoft Butterfly costume drops out of a "cocoon" ... nobody at Microsoft ... knows that a butterfly doesn't emerge from a cocoon, but a chrysalis -- moths come from cocoons ... "this should not be all that surprising since Microsoft seems to have problems recognizing bugs ..."' -- Cringely