On Jul 31, 11:20 pm, flyer <fl...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In article <2892030.eNKTZjC...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
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> > Microsoft's open-source strategy coming into focus
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> > | "It has assumed that any direct investment or interaction with OSS (open
> > | source software) would send a false signal to the industry regard its
> > | long-term business strategies, (which is) a heavy focus on intellectual
> > | property investment and control," Driver said.
> > `----
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> >http://www.crn.com.au/story.aspx?CIID=87947&src=site-marq
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> > Related:
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> > Uh Oh. Another Smooth Move from Microsoft: Watch out, Ruby. Watch out OSI.
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> > ,----[ Quote ]
> > | Let me please clarify something for you. Most of us do *not* want Microsoft
> > | to participate. I would like to personally barricade Microsoft out, until it
> > | alters its negative, rapacious and hostile behavior toward the GPL and FOSS.
> > | And so should you.
> > |
> > | Speaking for myself, I wouldn't invite them to speak at conferences or take
> > | their money. I know. That's the hard part for some. I wouldn't pretend the
> > | company isn't what it is, because it *is* what it is. This is starting to
> > | feel like Wonderland, where Alice finds that up is down and large is small
> > | and nothing is the same or logical. Think tea party strange.Why would anyone
> > | want Microsoft to participate? Seriously. Why? And no, patent deals with
> > | Novell don't make me like them. I despise them for what they did, and I know
> > | what it means. They intend to coopt Linux, destroy the GPL, and hop on board
> > | to make some money, honey. Oh, and kill it if it doesn't wish to be ridden,
> > | while isolating and rendering pointless and helpless all developers who won't
> > | go along. Why would you hope for that? Seriously. Why?
> > `----
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> >http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070730120109643
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> Wow. Straight talk.
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> American companies backed Hitler, yet many refuse to face up to that
> *fact*.
In this scenario, I liken people like Kevin Carmony to Nazi funder
Prescott Bush. By taking the patent deal, Linspire and Xandros and
Novell are funding a Linux holocaust. And this clearly is a holocaust.
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