Posted by: Anonymous
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on October 24, 2008 09:40 PM
1. Microsoft does want to use every possible method, including illegal ones, to maintain and extend its monopoly of the desktop. That's not opinion, it's fact, backed up by countless memos and emails that emanated from Microsoft, from testimony at its trial in 1999/2000, etc. No, I'm not going to provide links because unless you're hopelessly biased you know it's true.
2. The Novell/Microsoft deal was a very unwise one for Novell to make, reinforcing a Microsoft patent ploy and rasing the specter of Microsoft going after Linux users other than Novell's for patent royalties. Microsoft's plan seems not to have worked, because of a small legal slip which I first read about on Groklaw. But I don't think Novell deserves any thanks for that.
3. When you get a lot of people, including some who are young and/or immature, discussing something - anything - on a blog, you are going to get some comments that are wild/unsupported/childish/flames etc. Get used to it. Ignore the trolls and the kiddies, read the comments that are objective and to the point. Quoting silly comments proves absolutely nothing, you can find similar on any discussion board anywhere, including Linux.com.
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Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 82.192.250.149] on October 24, 2008 09:40 PM2. The Novell/Microsoft deal was a very unwise one for Novell to make, reinforcing a Microsoft patent ploy and rasing the specter of Microsoft going after Linux users other than Novell's for patent royalties. Microsoft's plan seems not to have worked, because of a small legal slip which I first read about on Groklaw. But I don't think Novell deserves any thanks for that.
3. When you get a lot of people, including some who are young and/or immature, discussing something - anything - on a blog, you are going to get some comments that are wild/unsupported/childish/flames etc. Get used to it. Ignore the trolls and the kiddies, read the comments that are objective and to the point. Quoting silly comments proves absolutely nothing, you can find similar on any discussion board anywhere, including Linux.com.
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