____/ Linonut on Tuesday 31 July 2007 01:43 : \____
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Ramon F Herrera belched out this bit o' wisdom:
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>> http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9751920-7.html
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>> ...and the Boston Strangler wants to enter the child care business.
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> Without mentioning Microsoft by name, he suggested nobody would want
> to "vote the organization into the ground" because "such
> heavy-handedness would be self-defeating." Given the patent
> saber-rattling and resulting ill will, though, Microsoft's concern
> about self-defeating heavy-handedness apparently goes only so far.
>
> They think they got the pimp-hand.
Micheal T will be under a lot of pressure, but this move by Microsoft could be
a win-win. If the application is declines, Microsoft will whine like a baby
and say "we're pro-choice, they are just being zealots" and if they enter the
OSI they'll destroy it from the inside. See the following:
Uh Oh. Another Smooth Move from Microsoft: Watch out, Ruby. Watch out OSI.
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| 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.
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| 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
Read the whole thing. It's very good.
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