First, the format is called Open Document, not Open Office. Open Office is the program.
Second, Massachusetts is not specifying any particular software, only that any software must read/write Open Document format.
Everything, and I mean everything, that Microsoft claims in their so-called talking points is self-serving rubbish.
Remember that reaching a compromise with Microsoft is like reaching a compromise with cannibals that they will only eat your right arm.
Hell no, we don't want the case merely dismissed; we want a summary judgement in favor of IBM and a legal decision that there is no UNIX code in Linux. Otherwise some other bunch of 'litigious bastards' will try the same scam again.
Icing on the cake would be prison terms for the tSCOg executives and sanctions against Boies and company.
Oh, please! The SCO Group tried to sneak one by the judge and got called on it. Most everything coming out of this company is either blatent misrepresentation of the truth or an outright lie.
At this point, if McBride or Stowell maintained that the sun will rise in the East tomorrow, I'd start looking West tonight.
I work for the Department of Defense, in an almost exclusively Microsoft environment, and the rollout of every Microsoft service pack, from NT 4.0 on, was delayed by the support group until it was tested with every application to make sure it didn't break it. The same is done for Oracle version upgrades, and any other upgrade or patch that has the possibility of adversly affecting the operation of the organization.
So the fact that IBM has chosen not to roll it out immediately isn't anything more than ordinary prudence.
Move along, nothing to see here.
My wife had LASIK done four years ago and the results were excellent. She went from 20/150 to 20/15 in both eyes.
Look for a clinic that does a lot of LASIK - practice makes perfect.
What SCO is counting on has happened - a lot of clueless people buying SCO stock and pushing the price up so the insiders can unload and make a killing before it collapses. They have to keep up the charade until the end to keep the SEC off their butts.
The deadline is up at midnight Sunday (http://www.scocountdown.com/).
For more info on the whole IBM/SCO case, try Groklaw (http://www.groklaw.net), an excellent site.
The whole idea that end users would be liable to pay SCO anything for using Linux before the court case is resolved is just more SCO FUD. McBride and company are attempting to extort payment from Linux end users, and we are just giving this whole warped idea credibility by discussing it as if it could happen.
And even if SCO were to somehow prove that they have IP in Linux, the fact that they refused to allow mitigation of the infringement is enough for a court to deny them compensation.
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First, the format is called Open Document, not Open Office. Open Office is the program. Second, Massachusetts is not specifying any particular software, only that any software must read/write Open Document format. Everything, and I mean everything, that Microsoft claims in their so-called talking points is self-serving rubbish. Remember that reaching a compromise with Microsoft is like reaching a compromise with cannibals that they will only eat your right arm.
Mobile, Alabama, where the parades started to begin with.
Hell no, we don't want the case merely dismissed; we want a summary judgement in favor of IBM and a legal decision that there is no UNIX code in Linux. Otherwise some other bunch of 'litigious bastards' will try the same scam again. Icing on the cake would be prison terms for the tSCOg executives and sanctions against Boies and company.
Only if you agree to the death penalty for California and New York.
Oh, please! The SCO Group tried to sneak one by the judge and got called on it. Most everything coming out of this company is either blatent misrepresentation of the truth or an outright lie. At this point, if McBride or Stowell maintained that the sun will rise in the East tomorrow, I'd start looking West tonight.
Just like Microsoft - one day too late.
First time in a long time that I can agree wholeheartedly with Senators Clinton and Kerry! What's next, will Bill Gates come out in favor of the GPL?
Actually not. If OSX was available for x86 architecture, I'd switch in a New York minute! But, I'm not holding my breath for it to happen.
I work for the Department of Defense, in an almost exclusively Microsoft environment, and the rollout of every Microsoft service pack, from NT 4.0 on, was delayed by the support group until it was tested with every application to make sure it didn't break it. The same is done for Oracle version upgrades, and any other upgrade or patch that has the possibility of adversly affecting the operation of the organization. So the fact that IBM has chosen not to roll it out immediately isn't anything more than ordinary prudence. Move along, nothing to see here.
Thanks for the explanation. Hope it gets noticed in all of the other comments. You're right about the hornet's nest.
My wife had LASIK done four years ago and the results were excellent. She went from 20/150 to 20/15 in both eyes. Look for a clinic that does a lot of LASIK - practice makes perfect.
You need to check out a DVR/DVD-R hybrid, like the Panasonic DMR E80H. Editing, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, all in a standalone unit.
Jar Jar Binks = Steve Ballmer?
Take a look at Xandros - I just put my order in.
What SCO is counting on has happened - a lot of clueless people buying SCO stock and pushing the price up so the insiders can unload and make a killing before it collapses. They have to keep up the charade until the end to keep the SEC off their butts.
The deadline is up at midnight Sunday (http://www.scocountdown.com/). For more info on the whole IBM/SCO case, try Groklaw (http://www.groklaw.net), an excellent site.
The whole idea that end users would be liable to pay SCO anything for using Linux before the court case is resolved is just more SCO FUD. McBride and company are attempting to extort payment from Linux end users, and we are just giving this whole warped idea credibility by discussing it as if it could happen.
And even if SCO were to somehow prove that they have IP in Linux, the fact that they refused to allow mitigation of the infringement is enough for a court to deny them compensation.
IANAL, ICBW, & AFAMWICIUA.
I Am Not A Lawyer, I Could Be Wrong, & As Far As My Wife Is Concerned, I Usually Am.