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MS Settlement: Six States (And Samba) Say "Stop!"
Masem writes "The BBC is reporting that because 6 states have refused to agree to the settlement between Microsoft and the DOJ, Microsoft is conceeding that a settlement adjustment will not be possible, opening the door for Judge Kollar-Kotelly to begin rapid remedy hearings. There is a slim chance that negotiations might happen before the end of business today (Tuesday) that will allow the settlement to go after several refinements over the last few nights, but few expect any success. While Judge Kollar-Kotelly is promising to resolve the issue as fast as possible, legal experts are projecting a drawn out battle, with the additional time no longer on Microsoft's side. No word on which states were on which side, beyond MA being very much against the settlement and IL being for it." Besides the states, the Samba team has its own objections, below.
Jeremy Allison and Andrew Tridgell of the Samba team have posted a brief analysis of what the current settlement proposal would mean to that project. (Thanks, jdfox.) Considering that Samba is one of the most important links between open and closed software, it's worth mulling over.
It's time for an FP!!!!
First post!
fp
Michael Ducy sucks.
This Goes out to all my Tenacious D loving Mofos. Down with the powers and To qoute Gilbert Godfried "Im going to fuk all your bitches"
"All I can tell the "lesser of two evils" folks is that if they keep voting for evil, they'll keep getting evil."-Lp.org
stop the samba
stop the dancing
stop the microsoft dancing to the lion king!
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TOP TEN SIGNS YOUR NETWORK APPLIANCE IS BASED ON LINUX
10) Console sometimes says "Filesystems have gone too long without fsck".
9) Randomly connects to slashdot and posts insipid comments under
anonymous-coward@yourdomain.com.
8) Supposed to be a web cache, but somehow turned into warez cache.
7) Whitepaper is 10,000 pages long, 1 page of info and 9,999 pages of
source code.
6) Manual only comes in two languages, Finnish and elisp.
5) Case made out of space age synthetic alloy of duct tape and dental
floss.
4) Not really sure what it does, but weenie administrator said purchasing
it would be good for "the community".
3) You get a mail from some dork named CmdrTaco wanting you to do an
interview about it.
2) You attach a line printer and it starts alternating between printing
banners of "FREE KEVIN" and something called DeCSS.
1) All your other network appliances complain about it getting drunk
and blasting the free software song at 3am.
and after the community speaks, we will all teach MarkX proper use of the Preview button and proper use of balanced italics tags
First SAMBA is dying post!!
Thats "attorneys general" not "attorney generals". That CmdrTaco spelling and grammar disease sure does get around. Will that CDC anti-bacterial foam take care of it?
Look up the word moot in the dictionary.
It doesn't mean what you think it does.
Ppppphhhhhttt!!
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"massive threat to domestic freedom..." Do you think you could be any more melodramatic?
What happens if MS get contol of your bathroom?
Sure, but you have log in using Passport... Oh, your Passport ID won't function? We'll get back to you -- after the your colon explodes. What do you mean, somebody stole your Passport data and shit in your name? Sorry, you'll have to prove that. Fantasy? How many dead people didn't shit in Florida?