No. I see that battle as opening up the intellectual property debate to consumers benefit. The music industry and the software industry _need_ WalMart to distribute it's products.
It won't happen in any case. M$ won't ever sue WalMart. No way, no how. Don't you know WalMart is the defacto national government? John Hebert --- Chuck Tran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Linux: The death of Walmart? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Edmund Cramp > Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 6:07 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [brlug-general] Wal-Mart Shipping PCs > with Lindows > Preinstalled > > > 3. WalMart sells 100,000 computers in the first year > but Lindows > goes out of > business so everyone with a WalMart "borrows" a copy > of W98SE and > installs in on their system. Microsoft sues > Wal-Mart for "knowingly > distributing a device used to illegally copy > software", Sony, Warner, > BMG, EMI and Universal sue WalMart for "selling a > device used to > distribute software used to defeat copy protection > on music CDs" (Magic > Markers used by kiddies to black-out the > copy-protection track on the > new CD's). Forced to fight a battle on two fronts > WalMart files > Chapter-11. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
