____/ 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 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).
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