The Ghost In The Machine came up with this when s/he headbutted the keyboard
a moment ago in comp.os.linux.advocacy:
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:55:32 +0000
> <29806973.1xPRSgBWJr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> What's it got to hide?
>
> Microsoft's profit margins? :-)
>
>>
>> Vista licensing also limits benchmarking
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | License transfers aren't the only thing the End User License Agreement
>> | (EULA) for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Vista OS limits. The license
>> | also puts restrictions on how benchmarks of certain components of
>> | the OS can be published, another issue that is raising eyebrows as
>> | Microsoft still has not clarified how changes will specifically
>> | affect users.
>> |
>> | According to the Vista EULA, because the OS contains "one or more
>> | components" of the .Net Framework 3.0, users can conduct internal
>> | benchmarking of those components, but can't disclose the results
>> | of those benchmarks -- or measurements to compare rival products
>> | -- unless they comply with conditions found at a Microsoft Web
>> | site.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.itworld.com/Comp/2218/061101vistalicense/index.html
>>
>> Rex said this before, but the trolls begged to differ.
>>
>> It's like a country whose regime shuns the election process. Oh, wait.
>> Microsoft is a totality, so it's not news.
>
> Maybe not as totalitarian as they'd like; see
>
>
http://news.com.com/Microsoft+releases+Windows+CE+code/2100-1040_3-270360.html
>
> Granted, it's 5-6 years late, three versions behind, and
> it's Windows CE, but it's a start. Maybe we can get them
> into the habit...
>
> Of course they're using their own "Shared Source License",
> so don't expect miracles.
>
I reckon that's a honeypot so they can start suing GPL programmers. "They
stole our code!"
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