(GNU/)Linux [Re: Dutch to sue Micro$oft...]

[Digital Wokan]

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 --
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