____/ [H]omer on Monday 03 March 2008 23:49 : \____
> Tom Shelton wrote:
>> On 2008-03-03, Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> * Tom Shelton peremptorily fired off this memo:
>>>> On 2008-03-03, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> ____/ Doug Mentohl on Monday 03 March 2008 15:38 : \____
>>>>>> On 26 Feb, 16:05, Erik Funkenbusch
>>>>>> <e...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>>>>>> Microsoft itself makes Silverlight available on both the PC
>>>>>>> and Mac. That makes it cross platform ..
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's 'cross platform' except on Linux .. :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, duh. Why would Microsoft want to assist its own
>>>>> bankruptcy by having its 'standard' support its worst of
>>>>> nightmares...?
>>>>
>>>> Then explain why Microsoft is providing technical assistance to
>>>> the Moonlight team - in the form of access to Silverlight
>>>> engineers and their test suites to test compatability?
>>>
>>> A trap?
>>
>> In what way? How can MS sue them for implementing something they
>> have explicitly helped them implement? Not sure I see the logic with
>> that.
>
> Naturally they help, in exactly the same way someone "helps" a rat to
> die by feeding it poison.
Nice analogy.
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