It's simple really. They are ripping code from Linux. This is DOS all over again. And the IBM/SCO debacle is just the iciing on the cake, a smoke screen really. When someone cuts into the center of Vista code (and they eventually will), you will find all kinds of code which M$ will say they own and then let the lawsuits begin. M$ has the money, they have the lawyers, and they have the license from SCO to show that they own it and every other improvement that was "created" in Vista. Yes, yes, the GPL says they have to share the code so it can be rolled back into the kernal and other open source projects. But make no mistake, M$ will say they own whatever code they wrote and then the contest of who owns Linux will really begin. I got 5 bucks on this. heheheheh. Anyone wanna take me up on this bet? (rhetorical bet)
btw, even those of us who aren't conspiracy nuts knew that M$ had to have a hand in this somewhere. I just don't like where that hand might end up.
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It's simple really. They are ripping code from Linux. This is DOS all over again. And the IBM/SCO debacle is just the iciing on the cake, a smoke screen really. When someone cuts into the center of Vista code (and they eventually will), you will find all kinds of code which M$ will say they own and then let the lawsuits begin. M$ has the money, they have the lawyers, and they have the license from SCO to show that they own it and every other improvement that was "created" in Vista. Yes, yes, the GPL says they have to share the code so it can be rolled back into the kernal and other open source projects. But make no mistake, M$ will say they own whatever code they wrote and then the contest of who owns Linux will really begin. I got 5 bucks on this. heheheheh. Anyone wanna take me up on this bet? (rhetorical bet) btw, even those of us who aren't conspiracy nuts knew that M$ had to have a hand in this somewhere. I just don't like where that hand might end up.