____/ 7 on Monday 02 July 2007 20:22 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Linspire pays the cost of Volish agreement
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | The spin is that users of Microsoft Office and OpenOffice.org will
>> | be able to more easily share files, as documents will better. In
>> | reality it will mean that the ODF standard could become less
>> | popular even among Linux users.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40711
>>
>> Press release here (similar to the recent press release from Xandros):
>>
>> http://www.sys-con.com/read/397192_p.htm
>>
>> Carmony is becoming quite a hated man right now because of his very
>> controversial (and amazingly tactless) statements. He used to consult with
>> Rob "the Shill" Enderle and he knew nothing about Linux when Lindow
>> started. Nothing has changed.
>
>
> I wouldn't contribute anything towards those retards at Novel, Lindows
> company, or Xandrivel. They are doing things for money with Micoshaft
> Corporation but forget what the GPL license actually says on it.
>
> Typical license reads Copyright (C) Joe Sixpack 1999 released under GPL2
> etc.. in other words the software belongs to Joe Sixpack - not Novel, not
> Micoshaft Corporation, not Xandrivel, not Lindows and these companies
> seem to be in an alternative universe when it comes to ownership of
> software.
These companies have always been just about the money, but they forgot that
people choose Linux for freedom, not just price. They chose to take
Microsoft's money and play on Microsoft's team. I continue to boycott them.
Some people are forgiving simply because they don't know enough (and the
Microsoft-influenced press does not help here).
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~~ Best of wishes
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