Am 24. Feb, 2006 schwätzte Joshua Zeidner so: > http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=9C46B7CD-67E3-46E6-A23F-6C6BEF6A1DD3 Looks like the same old blah to me. If m$ was in .ca.us it might be doing hard time due to the 3 strikes laws, but barring that it'll be business as usual because the minor legal annoyances don't outweight the ill-gained income or market share. ciao, der.hans > also Financial Times had a good article yesterday. > > BTW- Bill Gates + Google CEO will be on C-SPAN 2 tonight... should be good. > > On 2/24/06, Jerry Davis wrote: >> >> On Friday 24 February 2006 03:22 am, Joshua Zeidner wrote: >>> there are definately major things happening in this space: >>> >>> http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/opensource02162006.htm >>> >>> Also microsoft is facing a brand new anti-trust lawsuit. I think this >> one >>> will sink the ship. >> >> please provide a link or links for this assertion. >> >>> >>> On 2/24/06, Technomage wrote: >>>> ran across this in a linux based newsgroup. >>>> >>>> looks like interesting things are happeneing. >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------- Forwarded message (begin) >>>> >>>> Subject: IBM Probes Microsoft's Relationship with SCO >>>> From: Roy Schestowitz >>>> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 23:15:50 -0700 >>>> Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy >>>> >>>> http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/260537_msftibm23.html >>>> >>>> IBM demands documents detailing Microsoft's rivalry with Linux >>>> >>>> "IBM Corp. is seeking to compel Microsoft Corp. to hand over internal >>>> documents detailing its rivalry with the Linux operating system, in a >>>> move that could shed new light on the Redmond company's response to >> one >>>> of its biggest competitive threats." >>>> >>>> "...It's the latest development in IBM's long-running legal dispute >> with >>>> the >>>> SCO Group. SCO, a software company based in Lindon, Utah, has filed >> suit >>>> against IBM and other companies, alleging that components of its Unix >>>> software were added illegally to Linux. >>>> >>>> Microsoft isn't a party to the litigation, and it says it's not >> involved. >>>> But >>>> that assertion has been under scrutiny since 2003, when Microsoft >> began >>>> licensing Unix technology from SCO. Ultimately, the related payments >> from >>>> Microsoft to SCO totaled more than $16 million, or 21 percent of SCO's >>>> revenue that year..." >>>> >>>> --------------- Forwarded message (end) >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> -- >> Hobbit Name: Pimpernel Loamsdown >> Registered Linux User: 275424 >> >> This email's random fortune: There are more things in heaven and earth >> than >> any place >> else. >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > -- # https://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.CiscoLearning.org/ # Join the League of Professional System Administrators! https://LOPSA.org/ # Only wimps use tape backup: _real_ men just upload their important # stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it. -- Linus Torvalds