__/ [ Doug Mentohl ] on Friday 20 April 2007 18:45 \__
Gates:
> There seems to be a curious assumption running around the world:
> "Microsoft is a malevolent Machiavellian organization which is always
> doing secret evil things according to hidden agendas and you can't trust
> anything they say."
Here's one pick among many. Anti-Linux technical sabotage.
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| From: Bill Gates
| Sent: Sunday, January 24, 1999 8:41 AM
| To: Jeff Westorinen; Ben Fathi
| Cc: Carl Stork (Exchange); Nathan Myhrvold; Eric Rudder
| Subject: ACPI extensions
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| One thing I find myself wondering about is whether we shouldn't try
| and make the "ACPI" extensions...
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| It seems unfortunate if we do this work and get our partners to do the
| work and the results is that Linux...
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| Maybe there is no way to avoid this problem but it does bother me.
|
| Maybe we could define the APIs so that they work well with NT and not
| the others even if they are open.
|
| Or maybe we could patent something related to this.
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http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/px03020.pdf
There ya go, Billy boy! Is it suprising that some of today's laptops are
Linux-hostile? You made it is. Here's the smoking gun.
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