Anders Johansson wrote:
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)
Again I say that if MS were to sue _ME_ for using linux today the end would be sure and swift. I would not need money.
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
I'm not up really knowledgeable on what happened there. Did any end home user actually get sued and have to pay restitution for downloading mp3s?
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.
I hope that is true. But... I personally don't believe it.
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
I now even wonder if MS was somehow involved in the purchase of SuSE by Novell. The conspiracy thickens...
Besides, Novell doesn't maintain either the kernel or glibc. The kernel is with the OSDL, and glibc is maintained by red hat.
No, but they contribute a lot to both. They are in the proper position.
If microsoft has plans like that, it would be far simpler to put out some "undercover" developers, submitting patches from home
Thats probably true. Unless they wanted to insure it was done right?? And sometimes it's easier to buy company then it is to buy a person. Mark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org