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Re: Shuttleworth on MS racketeering ..

__/ [ [H]omer ] on Saturday 09 June 2007 16:01 \__

> Verily I say unto thee, that Doug Mentohl spake thusly:
>> "If a guy walks into a shop and says: ?It?s an unsafe neighbourhood, why
>> don?t you pay me 20 bucks and I?ll make sure you?re okay,? that?s
>> illegal. It?s racketeering. What Microsoft is doing with intellectual
>> property is exactly the same"
>> 
>> http://mybroadband.co.za/nephp/?m=show&id=6672
> 
> Good for him. It's past time that high profile industry figures started
> calling Microsoft's IP FUD racketeering. That's exactly what it is.

I think SJVN did this too, but his voice doesn't equate to that of Mark,
which the media seems increasingly fascinated with (probably in a good way,
unlike RMS for example).

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