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  1. Re:There's got to me more by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Can You Be Sued for Quitting?

    Probably the submitter left The Planet to work at SoftLayer. In a recent interview the CEO of SoftLayer mentioned that many of their original team came from The Planet. In this sort of situation -- employees leaving, founding a new company in the same space, and continuing to raid talent -- a lawsuit ought to be expected.

    http://www.hostingtech.com/?m=show&id=1627

  2. SCO Countdown.com Question.... by herrvinny · · Score: 0, Troll · on SCO Adds Copyright Claim to IBM Suit

    Just a tiny question here, but I run SCO Countdown, and according to what ,A HREF="http://www.linuxworld.com/story/38045.htm">d ocuments I have, the deadline for SCO to sue another Linux user is fast approaching. Problem is, I have just received a question on the feedback form wondering whether the 90 day countdown ends on February 16 or 17. Currently, it ends on the 17, but I'd thought I'd get an educated person's opinion on this. Thanks.

    Also, just wanted to insert a small poll here. I have noticed that SCOlawsuit.com website is kind of (-1, Redundant) with people like PJ and everyone else covering the SCO case far better than I can, so I wanted to put out a quick poll: since really the important things that I own are the domain names (scoletters.com, scoletter.com, scofile.com, scofiles.com, scoreport.com, scoreport.com, scolawsuit.com) would it be beneficial it I pointed one or two of these domain names to another site? Thanks.

  3. Hey, these guys helped JBoss... by tcopeland · · Score: 3, Insightful · on UK To Start Biometric Passport Trials

    ...with their attempts to get J2EE certified. SchlumbergerSema, that is. Cool.

  4. Re:That's local *commercial* software... by 1u3hr · · Score: 1 · on Chinese Government to Use Only Local Software
    The 2003 version only runs on Windows.

    WPS Office 2003:

    The three teams are developing three versions of WPS Office: one is WPS for Linux, another is WPS Office 2003 for Windows, and the other is WPS Office V6 for both Linux and Windows.
  5. Re:International Competition for Microsoft by 1u3hr · · Score: 3, Informative · on China Upgrades from Microsoft Office
    Wrong, wrong, wrong. WPS Office 2003 is for Windows, not linux. So this isn't a victory for Linux, as the Chinese Government will run the office suite on windows.

    Not the whole story, from your link:

    The three teams are developing three versions of WPS Office: one is WPS for Linux, another is WPS Office 2003 for Windows, and the other is WPS Office V6 for both Linux and Windows.
    So assuming that the original story is exactly true, even if the initial order is for the Win version, it would be much easier to transition to the Linux version from the same company in a year or so, perhaps in lieu of buying the next Windows upgrade, or when hardware is replaced. The same strategy as Sun in releasing Star Office for Windows as well as Linux and SunOS. First break the MSOffice umbilical, then changing OS isn't so hard. No need to mess around with Crossover and such.
  6. Re:Awh, poor gates, off on another trip. by grug0 · · Score: 0 · on China Upgrades from Microsoft Office
    Can anyone with an understanding of chinese or with better googling skills confirm this (that wps office2003 runs only on linux)?

    I've said it once and I'll say it again - no it doesn't, in fact it appears to only run on windows.

  7. Phear my leet googling skillz... by benjamindees · · Score: 5, Informative · on China Upgrades from Microsoft Office


    Wikipedia Definition of WPS Office

    Article about Kingsoft

  8. Re:International Competition for Microsoft by grug0 · · Score: 2, Informative · on China Upgrades from Microsoft Office
    Wrong, wrong, wrong. WPS Office 2003 is for Windows, not linux. So this isn't a victory for Linux, as the Chinese Government will run the office suite on windows.

    And protectionist anti-competitive policies for buying software is hardly something to celebrate. Governments should buy the best tool for the job, not try to prop up local industries.

  9. Re:a question about SCO by Mostly+a+lurker · · Score: 1 · on IBM Points Out SCO's GPL Software Distribution
    Where did you get that number?

    I have seen the fact that the case will not reach court until 2005 in a couple of places. Susprisingly, it still seems not to be widely recognised. See, for instance SCO Changes Tactics In Dispute Over Linux ...

    Mark J. Heise, a partner at Boies, Schiller & Flexner, the law firm representing SCO, said yesterday that he expected that a copyright claim would now be added to the contract accusation in the I.B.M. suit. Unless the case is settled, a resolution of the matters in the suit will not come soon. The trial is not scheduled to begin in a federal court until April 2005.