Re: Microsoft going after Linux?

2009-02-27 Thread Andrew Halliwell
amicus_curious a...@sti.net wrote: Who? Tomtom? In europe? (I presume as they're a european company, that's where the trial will be held...?) It will be held in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington at Seattle. If not, tomtom could just utterly ignore anything

Re: Microsoft going after Linux?

2009-02-27 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Andrew Halliwell wrote: amicus_curious a...@sti.net wrote: Who? Tomtom? In europe? (I presume as they're a european company, that's where the trial will be held...?) It will be held in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington at Seattle. If not, tomtom

Re: Microsoft going after Linux?

2009-02-27 Thread Ben Pfaff
Andrew Halliwell spi...@ponder.sky.com writes: Tom-Tom is free to abandon the US market if they wish to avoid US courts, of course, but the profits here are just too tempting. It is the same way with Mr. Softee in the EU. They cover their higher costs of business by raising prices a

Re: Microsoft going after Linux?

2009-02-27 Thread JEDIDIAH
On 2009-02-27, Andrew Halliwell spi...@ponder.sky.com wrote: amicus_curious a...@sti.net wrote: What can you do with it as a connected device other than perhaps replace the internal mapping data with a newer version? This is hardly a compelling use. That mapping data is expensive enough

Re: Microsoft going after Linux?

2009-02-27 Thread amicus_curious
Andrew Halliwell spi...@ponder.sky.com wrote in message news:bd8l76-lk8@ponder.sky.com... amicus_curious a...@sti.net wrote: Who? Tomtom? In europe? (I presume as they're a european company, that's where the trial will be held...?) It will be held in the US District Court for the

Re: Microsoft going after Linux?

2009-02-27 Thread David Kastrup
Rjack u...@example.net writes: No one can rely on life being fair. A monopolist like Microsoft with $19 billion in cash on hand will end up calling the shots in a patent war. Fine. A shot in my leg. It is not like I don't have seven others. -- David Kastrup

Re: Microsoft going after Linux?

2009-02-27 Thread Thufir Hawat
On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:00:07 +, Andrew Halliwell wrote: Doctor Smith iaintgotnostinkinem...@ols.net wrote: They will be utterly crushed into the ground. Who? Tomtom? In europe? (I presume as they're a european company, that's where the trial will be held...?) If not, tomtom could

Re: Microsoft going after Linux?

2009-02-26 Thread Rjack
ray wrote: On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:03:27 -0500, Rjack wrote: Microsoft has filed a suit against TomTom, 'alleging that the in-car navigation company's devices violate eight of its patents — including three that relate to TomTom's implementation of the Linux kernel.

Re: Microsoft going after Linux?

2009-02-26 Thread amicus_curious
Doctor Smith iaintgotnostinkinem...@ols.net wrote in message news:1d13humnlajzy.1ntvg6uwb0q0z@40tude.net... On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:03:27 -0500, Rjack wrote: Microsoft has filed a suit against TomTom, 'alleging that the in-car navigation company's devices violate eight of its patents —

Re: Microsoft going after Linux?

2009-02-26 Thread Doctor Smith
On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:21:14 -0500, amicus_curious wrote: Doctor Smith iaintgotnostinkinem...@ols.net wrote in message news:1d13humnlajzy.1ntvg6uwb0q0z@40tude.net... On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:03:27 -0500, Rjack wrote: Microsoft has filed a suit against TomTom, 'alleging that the in-car

Re: Microsoft going after Linux?

2009-02-26 Thread Rjack
Rjack wrote: Microsoft has filed a suit against TomTom, 'alleging that the in-car navigation company's devices violate eight of its patents — including three that relate to TomTom's implementation of the Linux kernel. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/25/232212 Plan for the Worst

Re: Microsoft going after Linux?

2009-02-26 Thread Andrew Halliwell
amicus_curious a...@sti.net wrote: What can you do with it as a connected device other than perhaps replace the internal mapping data with a newer version? Backing up your favourite destinations, updating the firmware and journey planning/sharing mainly. -- | spi...@freenet.co.uk |

Re: Microsoft going after Linux?

2009-02-26 Thread Andrew Halliwell
Doctor Smith iaintgotnostinkinem...@ols.net wrote: Add new voices. Map corrections. Change/add the themes. Community submitted items. Add Points of Interest. Plan routes on the computer. Back up the unit. Use the unit from the computer. etc.. HOWEVER All of these uses

Re: Microsoft going after Linux?

2009-02-26 Thread Rex Ballard
On Feb 26, 7:02 pm, Rjack u...@example.net wrote: Rjack wrote: Microsoft has filed a suit against TomTom, 'alleging that the in-car navigation company's devices violate eight of its patents — including three that relate to TomTom's implementation of the Linux kernel.

Re: Microsoft going after Linux?

2009-02-26 Thread Doctor Smith
On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:02:37 -0500, Rjack wrote: Rjack wrote: Microsoft has filed a suit against TomTom, 'alleging that the in-car navigation company's devices violate eight of its patents — including three that relate to TomTom's implementation of the Linux kernel.

Re: Microsoft going after Linux?

2009-02-26 Thread Rex Ballard
On Feb 25, 8:28 pm, amicus_curious a...@sti.net wrote: ray r...@zianet.com wrote in message news:70m70cf8opn...@mid.individual.net... On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:03:27 -0500, Rjack wrote: Microsoft has filed a suit against TomTom, 'alleging that the in-car navigation company's devices violate

Re: Microsoft going after Linux?

2009-02-26 Thread Doctor Smith
On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:33:24 +, Andrew Halliwell wrote: Doctor Smith iaintgotnostinkinem...@ols.net wrote: Add new voices. Map corrections. Change/add the themes. Community submitted items. Add Points of Interest. Plan routes on the computer. Back up the unit. Use the unit from the

Re: Microsoft going after Linux?

2009-02-26 Thread Andrew Halliwell
Doctor Smith iaintgotnostinkinem...@ols.net wrote: They will be utterly crushed into the ground. Who? Tomtom? In europe? (I presume as they're a european company, that's where the trial will be held...?) If not, tomtom could just utterly ignore anything microsoft says. They're out of their

Re: Microsoft going after Linux?

2009-02-26 Thread Andrew Halliwell
Doctor Smith iaintgotnostinkinem...@ols.net wrote: I wouldn't let Wine anywhere near a gadget like that. What do you do when Wine bricks the thing? I copied the memory card to a safe location before trying. -- | spi...@freenet.co.uk | | |

Re: Microsoft going after Linux?

2009-02-26 Thread Doctor Smith
On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:56:56 +, Andrew Halliwell wrote: Doctor Smith iaintgotnostinkinem...@ols.net wrote: I wouldn't let Wine anywhere near a gadget like that. What do you do when Wine bricks the thing? I copied the memory card to a safe location before trying. Good idea. Also no

Re: Microsoft going after Linux?

2009-02-26 Thread Doctor Smith
On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:00:07 +, Andrew Halliwell wrote: Doctor Smith iaintgotnostinkinem...@ols.net wrote: They will be utterly crushed into the ground. Who? Tomtom? FSF ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org

Re: Microsoft going after Linux?

2009-02-26 Thread Rjack
Doctor Smith wrote: On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:00:07 +, Andrew Halliwell wrote: Doctor Smith iaintgotnostinkinem...@ols.net wrote: They will be utterly crushed into the ground. Who? Tomtom? FSF Micro$oft has $19 billion in cash on hand. It costs more than $1 million to prosecute or

Microsoft going after Linux?

2009-02-25 Thread Rjack
Microsoft has filed a suit against TomTom, 'alleging that the in-car navigation company's devices violate eight of its patents — including three that relate to TomTom's implementation of the Linux kernel. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/25/232212 Sincerely, Rjack :)

Re: Microsoft going after Linux?

2009-02-25 Thread ray
On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:03:27 -0500, Rjack wrote: Microsoft has filed a suit against TomTom, 'alleging that the in-car navigation company's devices violate eight of its patents — including three that relate to TomTom's implementation of the Linux kernel.

Re: Microsoft going after Linux?

2009-02-25 Thread amicus_curious
ray r...@zianet.com wrote in message news:70m70cf8opn...@mid.individual.net... On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:03:27 -0500, Rjack wrote: Microsoft has filed a suit against TomTom, 'alleging that the in-car navigation company's devices violate eight of its patents — including three that relate to