____/ Jim Richardson on Saturday 21 July 2007 23:31 : \____
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> On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:32:16 +0100,
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> ____/ Mark Kent on Saturday 21 July 2007 10:09 : \____
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>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> ____/ John Locke on Saturday 21 July 2007 04:05 : \____
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>>>>> On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:53:54 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>>>>> Interoperability Without Patent Agreements. Really.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> | Mark explained that Zenoss has kicked off the development process with
>>>>>> | the two ZenPacks (mentioned above) that will allow full
>>>>>> | interoperability with Microsoft Exchange and SQL Server. And no, they
>>>>>> | didn't make a patent deal; they used Samba functionality. Imagine
>>>>>> | that.
>>>>>
>>>>> Interoperability was never Microsoft's intention. The patent deals are
>>>>> scare tactics aimed at forcing customers into using Microsoft taxed
>>>>> products. Inexcusable and unethical behavior that I hope bites them
>>>>> in the end.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I concur entirely.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Along with their brutal attacks on GPLv3, ably assisted by open-source
>>> luminaries who should know better.
>>
>> ESR, who is on Linspire board, has been eerily quiet ever since his
>> attack on Fedora (CCs to editors and harsh words that led to a storm).
>> Prior to that, he also kept silent for a very long time after
>> provoking muslims in his blog (and getting death threats as a result).
>>
>
> ? What did he do to provoke muslims?
Watch his blog. I wouldn't want to start discussing this this (I suppose
neither would you). Whether his points were valid or not, it was not about
technology.
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