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____/ Homer on Thursday 10 July 2008 03:26 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that thufir spake thusly:
>> On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:39:04 +0100, Homer wrote:
>
>>> So instilling fear in others; e.g. Ballmer's _FUD_ that "Linux
>>> infringes 235 of our patents" in order to _coerce_ Linux vendors to
>>> join Microsoft in a protection racket, or committing destructive
>>> acts; e.g. Microsoft's sabotage and attempted assimilation of
>>> Yahoo, /is/ terrorism.
>>
>> I think that's a bit of hyperbole. If you're terrorized by Ballmer
>> then your biggest problems aren't OS related.
>
> Well it was enough to terrorise at least four Linux vendors into signing
> a pact with Microsoft, even in the complete absence of any supporting
> evidence of infringements, which Ballmer has still refused to provide to
> this day.
It's a bit more complicated. Linspire has 'collapsed' onto Xandros, making
things simpler, but there are 4 hardware vendors that signed a swpatents deal
that explicitly mentioned Linux as well. This means that they are gadgets to
avoid too.
To attack the problem, you'd have to eradicate the Sarkos and the Ballmers of
the world because they push for fascism in the (not so) 'intellectual' sense.
The biggest criminals typically wear suits, not eye patches
(so-called 'pirates').
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