On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 13:29:36 -0500 Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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On Sunday 24 April 2005 12:18 pm, Paul M wrote:
I've just been looking over the stuff from last August, when Munich decided to delay the change over to linux. Every article contains the same lines:
"According to the Open Source Risk Management Association, Linux may infringe 283 patents. And a recently unearthed memo from HP states that "basically Microsoft is going to use the legal system to shut down open-source software."
Using google the only references to "the Open Source Risk Management Association" lead back to these same lines.
Anybody any idea who "the Open Source Risk Management Association" is?
Sorry, anybody any evidence for who "the Open Source Risk Management Association" is?
Your right they don't seem to exist on the internet, so how come they need to manage open source risk? I bet they were black suits, white shirts, black ties and dark glasses and have a ID biometrics pass to a Redmond Office building. : )
Seems like its the same arseholes, different offices.
It probably refers to this organization. There was a lot of talk about it last year.
http://www.osriskmanagement.com/
http://www.osriskmanagement.com/pdf_articles/OSRMMSStatement.pdf
Thanks for the links.
So they're just FUD merchants hoping to cash in on the doubts *they* raised.
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