On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 11:22:09AM +0200, Georg C. F. Greve wrote: > Hi all, > > On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:16:14 +0100 > Rui Miguel Silva Seabra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > rmss> I read the events as Neelie Kroes having sold herself out. > > While there are groups and people putting out that message, it isn't > exactly helpful or necessarily true. I would recommend
No, it's not. But it's either that or an ingenuity that doesn't fit the part of a regulator, specially one who seemed to be so angry at Microsoft's attempt to make a mockery of the process. > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2007102408501134 I've read it. It confirmed the worst fears. > and in particular > > http://walkingwithelephants.blogspot.com/2007/10/half-loaf.html > > for further reading, which analyses the situation pretty well. > > The patent provisions are obviously insufficient for Free Software, and > thus Samba. They are also insuficient for any business that could be made. > So ultimately this was a step in the right direction, but more work > remains to be done. It was a step, but quite far from the "juice" Neil Armstrong's famous phrase had :) Rui -- Umlaut Zebra �ber alles! Today is Pungenday, the 6th day of The Aftermath in the YOLD 3173 + No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown + Whatever you do will be insignificant, | but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi + So let's do it...?
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