Red Hat Proposes Alternative Settlement To MSFT

cwsulliv writes "Red Hat, Inc. has proposed an alternative settlement to the Microsoft class-action lawsuit in Maryland. Microsoft originally proposed supplying a limited number of poorer school districts in the US with PC hardware and limited-license Microsoft software. The alternative proposal submitted by Red Hat would have Microsoft supply NO software but dramatically increase the number of school districts receiving hardware. Red Hat in turn would supply ALL the software (Open Source) and unlimited support via their Red hat Network. "

Comments

It's ingenious

[Scoria]

Introduce the kids at an early age to Linux so that they'll demand it on their parents' machines! What a diabolical scheme! *calls the tabloids*

I guess they learned from the best. (Microsoft)

:)

Re:Great! And then what?

[flacco]

What will the kids run? What educational software is there for Linux? I mean REALLY? Sure, there is some, but it's not even close to what is available for Windows.

Well, if you're learning about computers, EVERY program on a Linux box is educational!

Teach the kids Esperanto

[dstone]

Teach the kids on Linux rather than Windows. It's a better OS, though the real world generally uses a crappier one.

Teach the kids Esperanto rather than English. It's a better language, though the real world generally uses a crappier one.

The idea of making a software company pay with

[Vicegrip]

it's own software is so patently ridiculous... even more amazing is the limitless gall Microsoft has in presenting this "remedy".

I'd be walking around with a paper bag over my face even if I was only remotely affiliated the the legal team persuing the settlement in this deal.

I wonder if I could convince my bank to accept in-lieu of hard cash this handy little program:
void main()
{
while(1)
printf("Look mom! A program!\n");
}
Yes yes.. I know this doesn't do much, but you will concede the loop closely models the average behavior of some MS software that comes to mind... like MS Outlook; in particular: it doesn't do anything particularly useful and uses up insane processor resources... also, I will counter argue that since you have the source, you can take some time to make it useful.

Re:uhh

[sydb]

Puhleez, Redhat have already donated all their software to your ungrateful ass.

The philosophy of Windows

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