Hi guys, Thanks for the link, Puneet.
> i don't know if u ppl have seen this or not but this > one has some of the most promising views towards an > enlightened future by Eric Raymond. > > http://www.opensource.org/sco-vs-ibm.html What follows is strictly my opinion. My employer's opinion may be different. I hate to be the Devil's advocate, but here goes. I do not like the way ESR refers to bootlegging of proprietary code - that lots of programmers have it, or that companies either encouraged the practise or looked the other way when such bootlegging was going on. It suggests that the Unix community has had an uneasy relationship with copyright law. Further ESR suggests that this kind of behaviour is the only defense against corporate control over digital media. This reminds the average guy of Napster - and that Napster lost their case. Further reinforcement that the Unix community has trouble respecting copyrights. So, who doesn't have any such trouble with Intellectual Property ? Microsoft, thats who. <OFF-TOPIC> Indian Unixes on the Intel platform An old Wipro hack once told me that Wipro had their own "WINIX" that could "run on any 486" ! Further, HCL had a Unix 386/486 based minicomputer called Magnum, middle-to-late 1980s. Further, HCL had promised complete hardware independence to their customers. I have forgotten name of this OS. I am sure this list would be overjoyed to hear from Wipro, HCL and other Indian Unix vendors - who did not create proprietory Unixes. These OSes are our <wink> glorious </wink> heritage. </OFF-TOPIC> Just my Rs 0.02. Regards, -- Pai _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
