Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on February 23, 2007 09:36 PM
It's a good thing that you were not able to top post your tripe, despite your efforts. You are off topic and completely wrong!
You obviously don't know what you are talking about. What you describe as crippled, is in fact abiding by the law. It doesn't matter that you don't agree with the law, it is the law none the less. Red Hat et al realize this and operate their businesses responsibly. They cannot and do not behave like morons living in their mother's basement, such as you.
There are copyright, patent and licensing issues that affect everything that you describe. And making assertions that five figure licensing fees are inconsequential to Red Hat et al, a statement that YOU pulled out of YOUR ass, is positively asinine. Why should any company pay $60,000, or any amount for that matter, to license a codec that they are giving away?
<a href="http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8NFAO7G0.htm" title="businessweek.com">Seen the news lately?</a businessweek.com> Microsoft paid Frauhoffer $16 million dollars for licensing, not the $60,000 that you pulled up. In return they now face a judgment against them for $1.5 billion dollars!
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on February 23, 2007 09:36 PMYou obviously don't know what you are talking about. What you describe as crippled, is in fact abiding by the law. It doesn't matter that you don't agree with the law, it is the law none the less. Red Hat et al realize this and operate their businesses responsibly. They cannot and do not behave like morons living in their mother's basement, such as you.
There are copyright, patent and licensing issues that affect everything that you describe. And making assertions that five figure licensing fees are inconsequential to Red Hat et al, a statement that YOU pulled out of YOUR ass, is positively asinine. Why should any company pay $60,000, or any amount for that matter, to license a codec that they are giving away?
<a href="http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8NFAO7G0.htm" title="businessweek.com">Seen the news lately?</a businessweek.com> Microsoft paid Frauhoffer $16 million dollars for licensing, not the $60,000 that you pulled up. In return they now face a judgment against them for $1.5 billion dollars!
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