On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 03:25:32PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > > If Microsoft promises not to sue us, our mirror operators, and or end > users, for no compensation except a joint press release (we haven't > got much more we can offer anyway), it would be very stupid to reject > such a deal.
A joint press release amounts to legitimation of their maffia-style attacks. This is an extremely high cost for our community. You may think it's a cost worth of paying, but please do at least show some respect for those who disagree. > Surely, it would legitimize Microsoft as a patent-owning > software company, but I can't really think this is particularly > relevant at this stage. The business world doesn't see them as > mobsters, and neither do most people in software (not anymore). What is this perspective based on? I was under the impression that they were seen as mobsters more than ever before.. -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
