I can feel it in the air, we are near to victory!! On 5/16/07, Prasanna Gautam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Once again using some words (public domain) from Gandhi... > "First they ignore you, > > then they ridicule you, > > *then they fight you*, > > then you win." - > > -- Mahatma Gandhi > > On 5/16/07, Prasanna Gautam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > In the beginning: > > > > When this linux-child was born, like all Spartans, he was inspected. > > > > For the strength of the code lies only in its openness. > > > > ---oOo--- > > > > The Threat: > > > > Microsoft Messenger: > > Choose your next words carefully, Leon-ix-idas. They may be your last as > > king. > > > > Linux: > > You bring the skulls and crowns of conquered corporations to my desktop, > > you insult my queen, and you threaten my people with lawsuits and FUD! Oh, > > I've chosen my words carefully, Microsoft. Perhaps you should have done the > > same! *kick* > > > > ---oOo--- > > > > The preliminary skirmishes : > > > > Microsoft : > > Send in the SCOuts to test the strength of these Spartan defences. > > > > Linux : > > Our Unix ancestors built this wall. Using ancient stones from the bosom > > of Greece herself. > > And with a little Spartan help, your Microsoft-sponsored SCOuts supplied > > the mortar. > > > > ---oOo--- > > > > The battle: > > > > Microsoft : > > A thousand lawyers of the Microsoft empire descend upon you. Our patents > > will blot out the sun! > > > > Linux : > > Then we will code in the shade ! > > > > ---oOo--- > > > > The aftermath: > > > > Narrator: > > The world will know that freemen stood against a tyrant, that few stood > > against many, > > and that before this battle is done, that even a god king can bleed. > > > > Microsoft: > > WTF happened ? Who threw that chair ? > > > > > > On 5/15/07, Bipin Gautam < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > > > > X-No-Archive: > > > > > > > > > Now that Microsoft had identified the infringements, it could > > > try to > > > > > > seek royalties. But from whom? FOSS isn't made by a company but > > > by a > > > > > > loose-knit community of hundreds of individuals and companies. > > > One > > > > > > possibility was to approach the big commercial Linux > > > distributors like > > > > > > Red Hat and Novell that give away the software but sell > > > subscription > > > > > > support services. However, distributors were prohibited from > > > paying > > > > > > patent royalties by something whose very existence may surprise > > > many > > > > > > readers: FOSS's own licensing terms. > > > > > > > > > > > > Contd...Follow the above link. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > > > arr... suspense..... n it bugs anyone enough to click that link. > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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