Why not just take the stance that many others have: to look at all things that come from Microsoft with utmost suspicion. Case in point: Mono. In my view, if you are playing the role of a developer you would have to have the attention span of a goldfish* to not be at least somewhat suspicious of Microsoft's intentions. oh an btw- please see Godwin's Law. Im not sure if Mussolini is covered under GW. -jmz * or virtually no experience On 8/19/07, eculbert wrote: > > MicroShaft is up to no good. Since they basically lost > the direct method...SCO thingy, now they are trying to > get a foot hold and 'steer' linux/unix whatever into a > corner, then stomp it with a new next generation OS > that is totally impossible (at least for years unless > linux totally redoes its base and or abandon's todays > linux and somehow finds a niche that would be legal to > use that MS hasn't got a patent on at that time) for > linux systems to work with. Plain and simple. Join, > trojan horse, Kill!! That has been done for how many > eons in war?? Look at say Italy in the 30's and 40's. > Hitler did that to them, Joined them, came in and > stomped them..till we came ashore!! Italy was part of > the axis in ww2, but when Germany marched in at their > invite, then Hitler slapped them the first time they > didn't see eye to eye. Read history, and I bet Billy > Bob and his likes in Redmond are planning and scheming > to do that to us if we are stupid enough to be like > novel. Just wait and see. > > Anyone that tells me otherwise ... Well, ... Just look > and see if 0S/2 is still around in any viable form!! > Amiga??, etc. Microshaft wants to be the ONLY option, > period end. > > Ed. > > > --- Mike Schwartz wrote: > > > You may have already seen this. It was on "/.": > > > > http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/08/18/1636213.shtml > > and other places, e.g.: > > > > > > http://www.nabble.com/For-Approval%3A-Microsoft-Permissive-License-tf4249705.html > > -- > > Mike Schwartz > > Glendale AZ > > schwartz@acm.org > > Mike.L.Schwartz@gmail.com > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail > > settings: > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > Hurry up November, already tired of the heat! > > AND NOW..........The humidity! > > Ed/ke7feg > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's > Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. > http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222 > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- .0000. communication. .0001. development. .0010. strategy. .0100. appeal. JOSHUA M. ZEIDNER IT Consultant ( 602 ) 490 8006 jjzeidner@gmail.com