On Sunday 19 November 2006 11:28, Mark Hounschell wrote:
The _end_ would be sure and swift. There would be no trail. It would be dismissed as frivolous.
The SCO trial is still running, and no one outside that company believes they are right. Microsoft has people like Groklaw's PJ on their side in claiming they have patented ideas in linux (see the claims of OSRM, which when they started included Pamela Jones) Justice may get there in the end, but anyone who thinks it's swift has not been watching the news the past few decades
I said nothing about end users anyway. MS wouldn't dare sue me or you for using OS linux.
I believe people said the same about the RIAA and end users downloading mp3s
Although you might run and turn all your linux boxes off and claim defeat right away, I have nothing to loose and I would fight to the death. Somehow I don't think I would be alone though.
You think many people would run to put up millions to help in your defence? I know you would have many people saying they sympathise with you, but how many people do you think would actually put their money where their mouths are? Cases like this require quite a number of millions of dollars. Defend yourself, and you'd lose, even if the charge was that you assassinated Lincoln
Again though, Novell is a (the only) linux distributor now in bed with MS.
There is no "bed" here. microsoft is turning on the spin machine. This needs to be stopped asap. Novell does not accept the claim that the payments are patent royalties.
You know all the diseases MS carries. What would happen if MS were able to coerce Novell into actually sneaking some of its IP into linux (glibc/kernel etc) only to be 'discovered' at some time convenient to MS?
Silly. Given that Novell has bet the house on linux, what would the gain be? This is still a billion dollar company, remember. Not something teetering on the brink of bankrupcy. With 4000+ employees, you don't do suicide pacts like that Besides, Novell doesn't maintain either the kernel or glibc. The kernel is with the OSDL, and glibc is maintained by red hat. If microsoft has plans like that, it would be far simpler to put out some "undercover" developers, submitting patches from home -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org