--- James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com> wrote:
There was some recent discussion on this list about MS claims of patent infringement and someone claimed they hadn't done so recently.
From the "Suse, M$ and Dell" thread.
"Nope, I don't need recent cites. Until retracted
Ballmers statments stand as official Microsoft Policy.
Therefore the onus is on you to find a retraction.
You made a statement that by it's nature is deemed false if you can not substantiate it. There is no
onus
on me to do anything. If you refuse to substantiate, or retract, I can only conclude that you knew the statement was false, yet made it anyway, making you a liar, and no more to be believed than Mr. Ballmer.
As it now stands, you have no credibility whatever, and I see no reason to continue any discussion with you, on any matter whatever.
Well, you might want to read this article and consider the claims substantiated.
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/05/28/100033867/ Thank you, James. This is exactly what was needed to substantiate Mr. Anderson's claim. As it is now substantiated, I hereby retract my statements concerning Mr. Anderson's honesty, integrity, or honor, (however one might interpret the statement above concerning my conclusions, and the use of the word "liar".) That this should appear only days after Mr.Anderson's original claim that Mr. Ballmer was "still" making these other unsubstantiated claims about Linux and free software, most assuredly verifies and substantiates his correct use of the word "still". My apologies to Mr. Anderson, for any distress this may have caused him. As his credibility is now fully restored, I would, again, be more than pleased to discuss, with him, this, or any other subjects, as they may arise, whenever it may seem appropriate. James, once more thank you for bringing this article to my attention, so that I might be allowed an opportunity to correct a situation in which I was in error. Ya done good kid, and I truly appreciate it. ____________________________________________________________________________________Get the free Yahoo! toolbar and rest assured with the added security of spyware protection. http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/norton/index.php -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org