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Red Hat CTO Testifies at MS trial

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the boardwalk-and-park-place dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Red Hat CTO Michael Tiemann testified on behalf of the 9 states in MS's trial. From the article on SF Gate: "Red Hat Chief Technology Officer Michael Tiemann said Microsoft adds 'extensions' to critical communications methods that computers use to transmit security information, print, and perform other tasks. Those extensions are proprietary to Microsoft, he said, and despite recent actions Microsoft has not been forthcoming in releasing details of those changes.""

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  1. Troll by psgalbraith · · Score: 1, Troll

    Who moderated that insightful?

    It's a troll I see posted verbatim all the time.

  2. Re:competition. by Chris+Johnson · · Score: 1, Troll

    Are you kidding? Apple and Linux came out of essentially socialist environments. On the one hand the Homebrew Computer Club, and on the other, Free Software.

  3. The entire USA is a single sovereign state. by Medievalist · · Score: 1, Troll

    Regardless of what various militias, racists and dissident groups might say, the individual US states are not *sovereign* in any globally accepted (or proper English) sense.

    AFGHANISTAN is a sovereign state.

    PANAMA is a sovereign state.

    The USA is a sovereign state.
    The individual "states" that make up the USA are not sovereign, because they do not have independent right to make war.
    This was settled by force around 1865 or so.

    The main thrust of your argument (the states have considerable ability to prosecute Microsoft without Federal interference) is correct.

    --Charlie