On Friday 17 November 2006 03:45 pm, David Kaiser wrote: > Saw this on slashdot... > > Microsoft exec Steve Ballmer claims that Linux "uses our intellectual > property" > > http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;839593139;fp;16;fpid;1
You didn't really expect otherwise, did you? I exposed Ballmer for this almost a week ago, but I don't remember to which lists I posted it. > Now I'm upset, because I thought Microsoft actually wanted to work > together with Novell on file formats and virtualization and all that, > but in the end, it was actually just a smoke screen. Microsoft's motives are always suspect. Not almost always, but always. > I think it's time people start rolling out some BoycottNovell > websites. Want to be the first? I own abandoned.us. I'll happily give you (or anyone else who will set one up) the use of novell.abandoned.us. > The world needs to know that it is not acceptable to pay > the pigs for something that was developed in an open fashion, and by > an open source community. Along with boycotting Novell, this is > just all that much more reasoning to promote Debian, Slackware, > Gentoo, (i.e. non-commercial Linux) to new (and corporate) users. Yesterday I bought a copy of a UK-published magazine with SLED 10. I suppose I don't have to install it <smile>. > This is a sad period in history for software and computing in > general. Let's hope for some changes in software patent laws in > 2007. (And, if Microsoft does eventually sue someone because they > use Linux, I recommend going EVERYWHERE, to every one of your > managers and co-workers, and pointing out that Microsoft is so evil > they sue their end users and customers. If they're going to be pigs, > we can tarnish their reputation by pointing out what they do.) So do you also want "microsoft.abandoned.us" ? (normally I charge for abandoned.us domains, but not in this case <smile>.) Jeff -- Jeff Lasman, Nobaloney Internet Services 1254 So Waterman Ave., Suite 50, San Bernardino, CA 92408 Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only Phone +1 909 266-9209, or see: "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html";
