I wouldn't hold my breath. A lot of people are in MS's pocket, and we've got the best president big business can buy. James wrote: > > Sorry that was my reply which started this. > > I should say I am Glad to see the Dutch Government taking a proactive > approach on this issue. I hope this motivates the government in the U.S. to > remedy the same situation in the states. > > On Tuesday 21 August 2001 18:11, you wrote: > > Someone made a reply that looked like an English teacher correcting > > grammer. This hasn't really been a flame war though. More like an > > examination of the evolution of [GNU] Linux and a rehash of the > > arguments why people do / do not use the GNU prefix. (Though I may have > > put my tongue too far into my cheek with the GNU/BSD/Artistic/... Linux > > message.) A flame war usually devolves into people calling each other > > names. What we've had here is a refreshingly civil discussion of the > > topic. > > > > "John (EBo) David" wrote: > > > James wrote: > > > > I did not mean to start a flame war at all. Let just try to keep it a > > > > discussion and I hope to get allot of input back. > > > > > > I had not wanted to start a flame war either... I was just trying to > > > inform people that a national government is sueing MS over their > > > business practices. This ties into several leagalistic discussions we > > > had in the past. I'm not sure how the GNU/Linux debate got into it... > > > > > > EBo -- > > > ________________________________________________ > > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > > > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > ________________________________________________ > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss