____/ Roy Schestowitz on Wednesday 20 June 2007 00:47 : \____
> ____/ William Poaster on Tuesday 19 June 2007 17:09 : \____
>
>> In his blog on Saturday Saturday June 19th, Mark Shuttleworth
>> wrote that: *We have declined to discuss any agreement with Microsoft,
>> under the threat of unspecified patent agreements*. Allegations of
>> “infringement of unspecified patents” carry no weight whatsoever.
>>
>> No negotiations with Microsoft in progress
>> http://www.markshuttleworth.com.
>
> Red Hat and mandriva are with him (confirmed). Microsoft has grabbed the
> 'weak ones' (by paying them money to take the bait).
Hmmm... this one is worth quoting.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Ubuntu-Red-Hat-reject-Microsoft-patent-deal/0,130061733,339278741,00.htm
"I have no confidence in Microsoft's Open XML specification to deliver a
vibrant, competitive and healthy market of multiple implementations. I don't
believe that the specifications are good enough, nor that Microsoft will hold
itself to the specification when it does not suit the company to do so,"
Shuttleworth said.
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