On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 08:00:15 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> __/ [ arachnid ] on Saturday 04 November 2006 06:13 \__
>
>> On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 04:37:42 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>> Prepare for Novell to take a lot of s*it for becoming MS' b*tch. The
>>> threats are, of course, baseless. Nonetheless, this form of FUD will
>>> scare a few misinformed IT managers. It's an SCO-type tactic.
>>
>> And it should be handled the same way it was with SCO: Every time MS
>> hints darkly at patent violations, the OSS community needs to very
>> publicly get in their face and challenge them to put up or shut up.
>
> I don't think patents are the main issue here.
Maybe not, but I was referring to the comment about FUD.
> Microsoft has entered the henhouse. The best we can do, unless I am
> misled, is to boycott Novell product and thus weaken that company until
> its influence in the Linux world is nullified. I might flip-flop on
> that...
Then again, maybe it's Linux that's gotten into Microsoft's henhouse?
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