Re: [News] [Rival] Microsoft is Suing the Whole World to Extract Money

["Phil Da Lick!" <phil_the_lick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

DFS wrote:
> Phil Da Lick! wrote:
> > Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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> > > Microsoft sues Rochester firm for piracy
> > >
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> > > > As part of a global antipiracy push, software giant Microsoft is
> > > > taking aim at a Rochester business -- Miracle Computer LLC.
> > > >
> > > > In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis Monday,
> > > > the maker of the Windows operating system accuses Miracle of a
> > > > practice called hard-disk loading, meaning selling computers with
> > > > unlicensed versions of Microsoft software.
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> > >
> > > http://news.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=7&a=367237
> > This doesn't actually bother me one way or the other. I think they
> > should sue pirates, and anyone who does pirate software (MS's or
> > anyone else's) should not get away with it.
> >
> > This is totally different to MS excluding others from competing with
> > them of course.
>
> It bothers Spamowitz because it's Microsoft and he thinks they should give 
> their work away for free.  But when someone asks him (or most any Linux 
> idiot hypocrite) to work for free, they refuse.

I don't believe that's the case. I think most linux advocates couldn't 
care less about MS software. They just want the freedom for their 
ecosystem to grow and thrive.