On Saturday 21 July 2001 21:24, Robert wrote:
> I tend to disagree....every MS users needs to know this.
> rob
Interesting and frightening.
The mos frightening is their "sharred source" Initiative. If unwary open
source coders sign up for a peek at the microsoft software, thereafter the
companies they work for don't dare use them on open-source projects, because
they'll be hauled into court for stealing microsoft ideas. It doesn't matter
if the claim is utter crap--Microsoft can afford to keep them in court longer
than they can affiord to stay. This reminds me of IBM tactics about 1977 or
so. They "poison" the opposition's workers. It doesn't matter that we
aren't about competing with them, they see us as a threat to be crushed.
I am beginning to believe I should have stayed in the arctic.
Civileme
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Read this:
> >
> > "In a preliminary license for its wireless Internet tools, the software
> > giant appears to be floating a trial balloon by explicitly banning the
> > use of open source code. Microsoft's language, which could become part of
> > its commercial licensing terms, specifically bans use of the Linux (news
> > - web sites) open source operating system (OS), which Microsoft seems to
> > find especially objectionable."
> >
> > Full article at
> > http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/20010702/tc/ms_attacks_open_source_1.html
> >
> > I'm sorry, maybe this is not the place to put this kind of stuff and it
> > may be even old news, but I think it's important that EVERY linuxer knows
> > what's M$ is up to...
> >
> > mv -f window$ > /dev/null
> > if [ -f $BOSS_COMPLAINTS ] ; then mv $BOSS 2> /dev/null ; fi
> > --Jeferson L. Zacco aka Wooky
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Linux registered user #221896
> > -------------------------------------
> > Computers are used to solve problems that wouldn't exist if computers
> > weren't invented in the first place.
