Well, it really shouldn't surprise anyone that a company that is in business to make money doesn't want to discuss giving their software away <g>.
K -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gregg C Levine Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 11:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Humor? Microsoft declares: "The Free Software movement is dead. Linux doesn't exist in 2007." Hello! They do not. I suspect it goes against their mentality. I once facetiously suggested to a representative of theirs that they should simply give away the OEM versions to licensed or appropriately and duly recognized individuals, and simply make arrangements that licenses and their associated cost be passed on to the buy of the hardware. However it got laughed out of the forum because he, (or was it she?) refused to believe that I was indeed serious and using that form of phrasing. However here's where it gets screwy, my local LUG is reacting very strangely to this issue. -- Gregg C Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The Force will be with you. Always." Obi-Wan Kenobi > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan > Cox > Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 6:33 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] Humor? Microsoft declares: "The Free Software movement is > dead. Linux doesn't exist in 2007." > > On Tue, 15 May 2007 12:28:19 -0500 > "McKown, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > <quote> > > "The Free Software movement is dead. Linux doesn't exist in 2007. Even > > Linus has got a job today." Controversial statements from the head of > > Microsoft's Linux Labs, Bill Hilf. > > </quote> > > A fine demonstration that Microsoft still don't understand even the basic > concepts of Free Software. > > Alan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
