>Mr William Gates has already popped up on the ABC morning >gnus, uttering the typical *wrong* retort, i.e. that >precedent in this area contradicts Jackon's decision. >Are we surprised? Not. I think it's simple. Gates splist the companies into two. One with the O/S the other with the Application layer. The MS/OS develops an operating system under contract for MS/SOFT (whilst also developing an open source Linux based system to toss the attention from reality.) MS/SOFT has a contract of confidentiality as the O/S is critical to it's business platform and that's NOT exclusive dealing. You can contract someone to develop something unique for your company. MS/SOFT only releases to the public the interfacing to it's APPLICATIONS not the O/S and thus tightening the market and monopoly position. It's very hard to interface at the non existent LAYER8!! Then what happens is MS/OS applies for a Patent on the ENTIRE O/S technology and voila! The World is Fscked again! Ain't life grand! And someone asked me why I was dumping Australian next year and moving to the USA. I just wonder. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux Users Group Mailing List - http://www.slug.org.au To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in the text
