____/ Jim Richardson on Sunday 28 October 2007 04:54 : \____
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> On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:24:10 +0000,
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> ____/ Jim Richardson on Saturday 27 October 2007 20:55 : \____
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>>> On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:10:50 +0100,
>>> Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>> UK schools advised to avoid Microsoft
>>>>>
>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>>| "In the interim, Becta's advice to schools considering moving to
>>>>>| Microsoft's School Agreement subscription licensing model is that they
>>>>>| should not do so," says the organisation.
>>>>> `----
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/133436/uk-schools-advised-to-avoid-microsoft.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Mind the fact that they talk about licences, not Windows. They still
>>>>> can't think outside the Microsoft mindset.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This is a truly common misconception, and some I've been dealing with
>>>> a lot with our procurement people. Red Hat are not helping at all by
>>>> claiming that Red Hat's software is not covered by the GPL and cannot
>>>> be replicated - their position is often internally quoted, and it does
>>>> huge damage.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Where does RH claim that their software isn't covered by the GPL?
>>
>> Maybe he was referring to their treatment of source code in a similar
>> fashion to MySQL?
>
> So are saying that RH doesn't claim that their code isn't covered by the
> GPL? that Mark was telling a porky?
I'm not defending Mark's remark. In fact, I'd be curious enough to wait for an
answer and find out what he meant.
>> I'm sure the "Linux is a cancer" quote is more damaging, but I'm not
>> sure to who (Linux or Microsoft).
>>
>
> MS quotes are not relevent to the discussion at hand.
True.
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