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The Microsoft-Linux patent deals: The Microsoft-Linux patent dealsLethbridge has a restuarant?I thought it only had a railway bridge!As for that image - I never participate in Rorshach tests!Who to sue?If there ever WAS a patent infringement suit against Linux - just who would you sue? Talk about Whack-A-Mole! Sue a Linux distro, have it...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Lethbridge, Microsoft Corp., Linux, patent infringement, hobbyist software, software; Discussion threads 2007-06-08
Red Hat and JBoss: No turning back for open-source: Red Hat and JBoss: No turning back for open-sourceIt IS inevitableOpen source will grow and mature. Linux will be on a large percentage of desktops (Now, I did not say all or the majority of, but Linux will be everywhere). Companies will continue to open up, no pun intended and...; Tags: JBoss, open source, Red Hat Inc., software, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2006-04-10
Let's all join Bill O'Reilly and hate France: Let's all join Bill O'Reilly and hate FranceMy view has changed since August, in fact.There are certainly reasons to continue disagreeing with some current French political philosophies, but after visiting France in August, I found the people to be quite nice...even friendly and helpful. This was both in rural...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, Business Software Alliance, software, Bill O'Reilly, Mandriva; Discussion threads 2005-12-09
The political meaning of open: The political meaning of openShould have used a better wordWhen you re-use a word that already has multiple meanings, you end up with this. Maybe FREEDOM software or FREEDOM source might be better. Hard to obfuscate the meaning of FREEDOM.AgreeI believe you are correct on all points.Pure Hog Wash, that...; Tags: GPL, Yeh; Discussion threads 2005-11-22
Gmail by any other name?: Gmail by any other name?Do you get the feeling...?Those filers haven't a clue, but heard about a good thing and sniped Google so they could get paid.But Google waited too long to start. Yahoo has the 100MB free mail box and Microsoft finally launched theirs this week, so who...; Tags: E-mail providers, Microsoft Corp., Google Gmail, MSN Hotmail, Google Inc., patent, Yahoo! Inc.; Discussion threads 2004-08-13