On Thu, 8 May 2008 12:29:08 -0400, Ezekiel wrote:
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2403
>
> <quote>
> Project lead Jeremy Allison has been an outspoken critic of Microsoft's
> alleged efforts to undermine such interoperability efforts. In an e-mail
> discussion with this ZDNet blogger, Allison agreed the situation is
> improving. Microsoft is making more protocols available and sent engineers
> to its recent Samba XP conference where engineers from both organizations
> drank beer together and discussed future joint engineering events.
>
> "Samba doesn't have a partnership with Microsoft. We joined the Protocol
> Freedom Information Foundation (PFIF) and they have the agreement with
> Microsoft. Having said that, Microsoft has been very cooperative and
> friendly, and the engineering relationship is getting back to the way it
> used to be in 1994-1997, which is a great relief to us," said Allison.
> "Microsoft engineers are now collaborating directly with us on protocol
> details and improving the documentation, and we envisage further
> collaboration in the future. Now, about those software patents."
>
> </quote>
Schestowitz and the boycott brigade are going to be busy these days.
With Oracle suggesting that their should be a SINGLE Linux distribution and
now a Linux icon like Jeremy Allison flirting with the devil...
oh my,...
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