__/ [ [H]omer ] on Tuesday 01 May 2007 07:51 \__
> In what I hope will be a pivotal moment in the history of the software
> industry, Microsoft won a Supreme Court victory against Software
> Patents, thus potentially leading the way towards the end of Software
> Patents altogether. AFAIK no judgements in any similar court cases, nor
> any rulings by government bodies, have previously driven forward the
> process of eliminating Software Patents as significantly as this case.
>
> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070430121005424
>
> As a mark of respect to Microsoft, and those who supported them in this
> endeavour (SFLC et al), I've decided to not make even a single
> *negative* comment about Microsoft, Windows, proprietary software,
> closed standards, the Xbox, or anything else connected with Microsoft
> and the proprietary software industry, for a period of exactly one week
> starting now.
>
> I further vow to not make any *negative* comments about any of the
> Windows advocates in this group for the same period. These promises
> extend to posts I make on my Blog, and any comments I leave on other
> Blogs and Social Networking sites.
>
> Just one week though. That's it. Probably.
>
> Oh and I'm *not* going to make it easy by just not posting *anything* :)
Should I do the same with [News]? Just for a week?
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