__/ [ Ian Hilliard ] on Monday 14 May 2007 19:05 \__
> <Quote>
> Vista isn't selling as well as expected. Hints that Linux infringes
> Microsoft's patents aren't working well as a protection racket. And the
> third revision of the General Public Licence is due to come into force
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
GPLv3 the impetus for Microsoft's latest Linux attack campaign
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| What's got Microsoft so spoooked? As the Fortune article noted, the GPL
| v3's provisions regarding the Microsoft-Novell deal suggest that
| Microsoft itself could be considered a "Linux distributor," and thus
| beholden to the GPL v3 terms.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=437
> soon.
> </Quote>
>
> http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/12126/1090/
>
> In twenty years time, Microsoft will be the material of more history books
> along the lines that greed made them rich but eventually destroyed them.
> They'll be a bit like the stories of the East India Trading Company.
>
> Those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
Just look at SCO.
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