Dustin Puryear wrote:
>Yes, Microsoft did pay the licensing charges. However, I don't in any way
>consider that an investment.
>
I will have to dissagree.
> I pay Microsoft for their software. Does that
>make me a Microsoft investor?
>
As in committing money or capital in order to gain a financial return?
No
As in to spend or devote for future advantage or benefit ?
mabe, but this one is debatable :-)
As in to devote morally or psychologically, as to a purpose; commit?
Yes IMHO there certianly is a level of commitment involved when
choosing any software for a a particular operation/task, and you
implimenting their software( I assume you impliment the software since
you bought it ) is an investment of sorts. I think the question should
be: I pay Microsoft for "my" software. Do I benefit? Would it be more or
less beneficial to pay another vendor for similar packages?
>Investing and paying for a license are two
>different things entirely. Even if Microsoft paid the license fee just to
>put money into SCO's coffers, that doesn't make Microsoft an investor. :)
>
They are certianly commited to a purpose, I think the government calls
it "intrests", and GNU, GPL and Linux do not fit into Microsofts
current "best intrests"( from a profitable/greed standpoint anyhow ).
>
>Smart? Yes.
>
Good sales and marketing combined with a very functional bloc cartel.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "-ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 9:41 AM
>Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Speaking on Novell and SuSE
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>>On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Dustin Puryear wrote:
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>>>I read somewhere that Microsoft hasn't had any real money invested in
>>>
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>SCO
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>>>for a long time. I am not absolutely sure about this statement, but I
>>>haven't seen any facts to dispute it either.
>>>
>>>
>>I had read that when SCO started their antics, Microsoft wanted to get
>>"legal" with SCO for the use of Unix IP in their products. The licensing
>>fees they paid to SCO were, to put it lightly, substantial (10's of
>>millions?). Not a direct investment, but you can bet SCO is paying their
>>lawyers with it. I remember reading this...but don't remember where.
>>
>>ray
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