____/ Mark Kent on Saturday 21 July 2007 13:53 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Mark Kent on Saturday 21 July 2007 10:09 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> ____/ John Locke on Saturday 21 July 2007 04:05 : \____
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:53:54 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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 behaviour 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).
>>
>
> He's an interesting character, but he's always had a somewhat flexible
> view of open-source and free software. In fact, I believe it was ESR who
> began the process of coining the term open-source in order to distance
> it from the FSF's strongly-morally-based positioning.
Yes, I read that too somewhere. It was Bruce Perens apparently that took it
further, but that's history I'm not familiar with. Bruce is apparently in
touch with Richard. He has taken quite a strong anti-Novell stance and he
seems to appreciate the work Shane and I do, which is to educate, not burn
effigies.
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