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Microsoft Settlement Compliance Criticized

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the definition-of-sharing-slightly-skewed dept.

Jeremy Allison - Samba Team writes "A report on the Microsoft "release" of communication protocols, as required by the proposed settlement. Article from the Washington Post. Speaking for the Samba Team, we can't look at these documents as they require signing an NDA before even getting the terms of release. Jeremy Allison, Samba Team."

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  1. Re: Oh, come ON... by program21 · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    So how come we're not bombing Microsoft?

    Because Bush Sr. didn't fight a war with MS, and Bush Jr. doesn't see a need to finish anything.

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    This has been a test. Had this been a real emergency, we would have fled in terror and you would not have been informed.
  2. OT: Iraqi Politics by Vagary · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    The vote was a referendum on whether to hold an election. There's nothing inherently wrong with this scheme (although it seems unlikely to achive presumed goals of either saving tax dollars or decreasing campaigning) and it could be applied fairly in democratic countries.

    Critics of Iraqi politics assert that voting "no" on the referendum is not a rational option and therefore it is not democratic. However most of the news stories about the referendum admit that the punishment for voting "no" is a rumour. These stories cite the previous referendum as being 99.96% in favour of Hussein, yet that suggests that 4 in every 10,000 people were willing to risk the consequences.

    No Americans are willing to admit that it could be the Iraqis actually do think that voting "yes" is in their best long-term interests. This is because Hussein's government must be shown to be illegitimate so its soldiers do not have to be considered POWs.

  3. This is fucking tired by NineNine · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Is this "News for Nerds" or is it some kind of tech legal watch? Jesus, if it's not DMCA, it's MS's legal ruling. If it's not those, it's something about the legality of GNU/whatever. What the fuck? Is there really so little going on that the same shit has to be re-hashed over and over?

  4. Re:Oh, come ON... by MullerMn · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I've finally decided that I believe the courts cannot resolve this. So, now I'll just what what little I can - I've purchased an iMac. Of course, my purchase makes no difference in the grand scheme of things. But maybe if someone else does it too...

    ... you'll have doubled the number of Mac owners in the world?

    ;)