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Re: [News] [Linux] Microsoft Says It Won't Sue, Wants More Novell-like Deals

After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o' wisdom:

> __/ [ Linonut ] on Tuesday 15 May 2007 12:49 \__
>
>>> http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199501831
>> 
>>    Microsoft currently collects royalties from some companies that use
>>    Linux in their computing environments, Gutierrez said. However, he
>>    declined to indicate the number, the dollar amount Microsoft receives
>>    from those payments, or identify any of the companies by name.

Which is odd, since we know the three companies:  Fuji Xerox, Samsung,
and Novell.

> I guess Jeremy Allison was right. He said this months ago.
>
> http://boycottnovell.com/2007/05/15/linux-money-for-ms/

This one is also telling.

   http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584-6183476.html

   Crushed by the Wheels of Industry
   By Jeremy Allison, Special to ZDNet
   Published on ZDNet News: May 14, 2007, 5:33 AM PT

Even more telling is the responses from a number of rather obnoxious and
immature Microsoft monkeys, including the well-known dissembler, George
Ou.

Also, apparently at least one of the posters was outed as a paid
participant.

-- 
   I'd rather have a bottle in front of me
   than a frontal lobotomy.

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