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Red Hat Rejects Microsoft Deals
Kurtz'sKompund passed us an article detailing another loss in Microsoft's licensing push: Red Hat has summarily rejected Redmond's offer of an alliance. The article also touches on Ubuntu's rejection of the same offer, which we discussed this past weekend. ZDNet reports on comments from Mark Shuttleworth and the Red Hat organization, with Shuttleworth stating "Allegations of 'infringement of unspecified patents' carry no weight whatsoever. We don't think they have any legal merit, and they are no incentive for us to work with Microsoft on any of the wonderful things we could do together." Red Hat was even more blunt, stating the organization refused to pay an "innovation tax" to Microsoft. "Red Hat said there would be no such deal. Referring to previous statements distancing itself from Microsoft, the company insisted: 'Red Hat's standpoint has not changed.' The company referenced a statement written when Microsoft revealed it was partnering with Novell, saying that its position remained unaltered. Red Hat director of corporate communications Leigh Day added: 'We continue to believe that open source and the innovation it represents should not be subject to an unsubstantiated tax that lacks transparency.' Many open-source followers argue that Red Hat, as the largest Linux vendor, would have a lot to lose from partnering with Microsoft."
I for one am welcomming ou're red hat, m$ flipiing off overloads!
Will code for new sig.
You are David, MS is Goliath, your slingshot is GPL'd, Linus' rocks are... um lost it a bit there.
ccalam - acoustic versions of new songs.
No? I guess it's just me.
Or what about, "Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated." No?
Never mind.
I prefer Flambe as apposed flamebait.
It looks like the MS & Linux war is finally starting to take shape. At least now I have a side to stand on. Someone get me my red hat and a cup of ubuntu, I've got partitions to make.
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Informative?
I pity the person who gets that in meta moderation.
So Bill Gates ... is ... Linus' ... Father?
Well freeking finally; Someone at least managed to have a pair;
A pair of cerebral lobes, of course, what were you thinking!!!
Oh, THOSE cerebral lobes....never mind....I guess those would work also
All it takes is a clear understanding of just who wears the condom, and who bends over and assumes the position.
"What say you now, Goliath? Without your hair, you no longer possess your fantastic strength!"
Method of processing duck feet
...when I say, "We'll really miss the non-business you did with us, all the expanded capabilities that our non-installed software failed to provide to your business that didn't need them anyway."
Maybe, one day, long in the future, you'll see fit not to install us again. Until then though, we'll have to accept that we had a good long non-run, and leave it at that.
ad logicam Claiming a proposition is false because it was presented as the conclusion of a fallacious argument.
Live by the patent sword...
- wounds-on-your-enemies...?
Surely: Live by the patent method-and-apparatus-for-inflicting-stabbing-type
ccalam - acoustic versions of new songs.
I believe Delilah has cut out your brains... Samson.
I only look human.
My mother is a halfling and my dad is an ogre, so that makes me an Ogreling
Red Hat are pretty much the oldest Linux company in existence of any reasonable size. When asked, they consistently make noises that very strongly suggest that they're aware that anyone who wants to in any way make money with Linux should consider themselves Stallman's bitch by default.
;)
As such, they're not going to sign agreements with Microsoft or do anything else which might upset the "community" of red eyed fanatics in any way. They know who their father is.
"I have little to no reason to even *consider* software that is going to give me extra integration headaches, and I can't believe that I'm alone in my thinking."
This coming from someone who is running an all Windows shop. MS products are unable to integrate with themselves. Why START thinking now?
The catch is that the condom always breaks.
True confidence comes not from realising you are as good as your peers, but that your peers are as bad as you are.
...must be very sad to be so alone, shunned and unloved. How tragic.
;-P