Robin 'Roblimo' Miller wrote:
> xcalibre wrote:
>> Well Microsoft is at it again now they are working PAT deals with
>> Xandros, and Lindows... Talk about some serious blows coming down the
>> line...
>>
>>
>> This is obvious that some sabotage has been on the agenda and
>> Microsoft is stirring things... They Kill off Corel Linux, Corel Word
>> Perfect for Linux, Corel Draw and Graphics for Linux after singing a
>> pact with them and giving them money... They give money to Caldera/SCO
>> who was part of the United Linux Project to quickly strike a blow to
>> everything involved that was shared...
>>
>
> Corel Linux became Xandros. WordPerfect for Linux was killed at least as
> much by improvements in StarOffice and its becoming free/free
> OpenOffice.org as by any other factor. And SCO... to me that has been
> more a source of amusement and evidence of silly corporate
> last-gaspness than anything else. To quote IBM's PR chief when we first
> heard about the SCO lawsuit: "Hah, hah, hah." And, she specifically
> added, "You may quote me as saying that!"
>> Now how long before Microsoft tries to comeback at APPLE saying oh
>> yeah you need to license these things from us... If anyone knows the
>> License games it is Microsoft and rest assure they are going to find a
>> way to go after competition in more then one way...
>>
>
> Mmm.... don't be too sure on this one. Microsoft has a growing chance of
> not only losing patent lawsuits, but of having many of its patents
> invalidated. Eben Moglen, Dan Ravicher, and other lawyers at the
> Software Freedom Law Center have told me this is why Microsoft refuses
> to say exactly which patents the Linux kernel and various programs
> associated with GNU/Linux supposedly infringe. They are rightfully
> scared of Having Eben, Dan, and a bunch of other smart, idealistic
> lawyers questioning their patents. Not to mention that we'll have a new
> president in 2009, who is likely to be less corrupt than the current one
> -- which means the Justice Department may start scrutinizing Microsoft's
> business practices again.
A gentle reminder here. This is not the politics list. Please move
political discussion to the politics list.
Paul
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