>
> 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.

yep. m$ can't be nailed -- ever. they have too much money and we all know that
money talks everything else walks in our system of justice.

>
> 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 < jdawgaz@cox.net> 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 < technomage-hawke@cox.net> 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 <newsgroups@schestowitz.com>
> >>>> 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..."
> >>>>
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