I'm reading only one thing, Microsoft (tm) admitting FOSS software is great.
And they want a piece of it. Sadly enough FOSS people tend to hate m$ because
of all the evil things they do. Like having WGA phone home every day. Not to
mention all the US law that windows(tm) falls under, which makes it an economical
risk for other countries.
Novell got $$$ out of the deal, the FOSS people that mattered, - possible exception
being miguell- left. It's an empty shell now, microsoft is getting desperate.
Furthermore Suse uses RPM,hah.
It's as simple as this. Microsoft does not have a patent, on "opereating systems".
Anything that makes sence to have been patented will be invented around.
But Microsoft will not dare to make the list of patents known.
Like SCO all they have is some idle thread.
linux and windows are entirely different operating systems. Linux has in the past
done it's best to avoid patents that make sence. For example SeH(structured exception handling)
which is in all lightlyhood better than the signals used in linux, was not "ripped" because
of these issues.
Email programs would infringe 15 pattents. Tell me how xmail manages that;). most of those
however will be UI? can you really patent a "reply all" button? (Let me save the courts some work)
No.
There are Billions of lines of opensource software, we only infringe 235 pattents of microsoft?
Let microsoft make a list of 235 things opensource software should be allowed to do, and then let
the courts decide. Ofcourse this won't happen. All they want is to send some stupid press releases
out.
They are desperate, they should have though of 235 ways to make Vista not suck so badly.
Tell me how can you screw up copy and move of files
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx? PostID=1358057&SiteID=17
write a browser that anno 2007 only needs this to overwrite arbitrary files
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/3892...
Windows just doesn't make sence anymore. The dumbed down UI with poor performance was great in the earlier days of
IT, but it didn't evolve right. Sorry.
One more thing, are they going to sue, all those african/south american childs who are just
now recieving their XO's (OLPC) ? How's that for being evil?
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I'm reading only one thing, Microsoft (tm) admitting FOSS software is great. And they want a piece of it. Sadly enough FOSS people tend to hate m$ because of all the evil things they do. Like having WGA phone home every day. Not to mention all the US law that windows(tm) falls under, which makes it an economical risk for other countries. Novell got $$$ out of the deal, the FOSS people that mattered, - possible exception being miguell- left. It's an empty shell now, microsoft is getting desperate. Furthermore Suse uses RPM,hah. It's as simple as this. Microsoft does not have a patent, on "opereating systems". Anything that makes sence to have been patented will be invented around. But Microsoft will not dare to make the list of patents known. Like SCO all they have is some idle thread. linux and windows are entirely different operating systems. Linux has in the past done it's best to avoid patents that make sence. For example SeH(structured exception handling) which is in all lightlyhood better than the signals used in linux, was not "ripped" because of these issues. Email programs would infringe 15 pattents. Tell me how xmail manages that ;). most of those
however will be UI? can you really patent a "reply all" button? (Let me save the courts some work)
No.
There are Billions of lines of opensource software, we only infringe 235 pattents of microsoft?
Let microsoft make a list of 235 things opensource software should be allowed to do, and then let
the courts decide. Ofcourse this won't happen. All they want is to send some stupid press releases
out.
They are desperate, they should have though of 235 ways to make Vista not suck so badly.
Tell me how can you screw up copy and move of files
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx? PostID=1358057&SiteID=17
write a browser that anno 2007 only needs this to overwrite arbitrary files
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/3892 ...
Windows just doesn't make sence anymore. The dumbed down UI with poor performance was great in the earlier days of
IT, but it didn't evolve right. Sorry.
One more thing, are they going to sue, all those african/south american childs who are just
now recieving their XO's (OLPC) ? How's that for being evil?