On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 05:28:50 AM -0500, Mark Hounschell
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> M. Fioretti wrote:
>
> > For anyone to think that the great majority of end users can
> > financially survive till they see the _end_ of such a trial is
> > ridiculous. Microsoft doesn't need to be right. It only needs to say
> > "we may sue end users, since they'll go bankrupt for legal fees much
> > before the court finds us wrong".
>
> The _end_ would be sure and swift. There would be no trail. It would
> be dismissed as frivolous.
So, only trials where there *is* an actual case happen? Get real,
please.
> I said nothing about end users anyway. MS wouldn't dare sue me or
> you for using OS linux. Although you might run and turn all your
> linux boxes off and claim defeat right away, I have nothing to loose
> and I would fight to the death.
If MS _did_ sue you (or me, of course), you would just fight to
bankruptcy, not death, as others have already pointed out. This said,
of course Microsoft would never sue you, me or any other individual
for what he or she does at home, for the same reason they don't do it
to the millions of home Windows installations which are illegal
_beyond_ any doubt: they don't need to do it.
"End users" means all those who download or buy software just to _use_
it. This includes Public Administrations, large corporations and small
businesses. If they succeed in scaring them away from FOSS with
Ballmer-style declarations (regardless of what the Novell FAQ says)
they'll keep to continue the end users who do pay (sometimes with our
taxes) locked in. At that point, whatevery I or you run at home
couldn't matter less.
Ciao,
Marco
--
The right way to make everybody love Free Standards and Free Software:
http://digifreedom.net/node/73
--
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
