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| 11.02.06
| Daniel Lions
Posted on 11/06/2006 8:04:56 AM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing
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I wonder what MS' real aims are.................
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
Can we now look forward to security attacks aimed at Linux, and a gazillion monthly security updates?
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posted on
11/06/2006 8:07:07 AM PST
by
TommyDale
(Iran President Ahmadinejad is shorter than Tom Daschle!)
To: TommyDale
If microsoft starts coding for linux, then it's very possible.
But for right now it's just promotion.
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posted on
11/06/2006 8:09:42 AM PST
by
Halfmanhalfamazing
(Linux, the #2 OS. Mac, the #3 OS. That's why Picasa is on Linux and not Mac.)
To: ShadowAce
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
So, when is this apocalypse suppose to start?
"In all good time!"
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posted on
11/06/2006 8:55:40 AM PST
by
stacytec
(Nihilism, its whats for dinner)
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
I don't know their aims but it could be good news. Excellent infrastructure around a good conservative (no pan) kernel would be welcome. And it would give Sun something to think about.
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posted on
11/06/2006 9:32:36 AM PST
by
aliquis
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
I wonder what MS' real aims are....Whatever they are I hope the whole upshot of this move is that programs that run on Windows will now be ported to Linux.
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posted on
11/06/2006 9:40:16 AM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Mathemeticians are machines that turn coffee into theorems.)
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
I wonder what MS' real aims are... The same as always, to get paid for their intellectual property, instead of giving it away for free like leftist Richard Stallman wants. In this case, Novell has agreed to pay them patent royalties for Linux, while MS tries to sell Novell Linux to their customers. Might not work for Novell though, since most existing Linux users have an unending hatred of Microsoft, and would apparently rather just download stuff from DVD Jon in Amsterdam than worry about properly paying for their IP. Still, there may be enough new interest in Novell to make up for it, only time will tell.
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posted on
11/06/2006 11:42:47 AM PST
by
Golden Eagle
(Buy American. While you still can.)
To: Golden Eagle
would apparently rather just download stuff from DVD Jon in Amsterdam than worry about properly paying for their IP.
That's an insult, sir, and a lie.
We Linux users, of SUSE and other distributions, are properly paying.
I'd spell it out in more detail, but I've seen your posts here before. No sense wasting my precious keystrokes.
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posted on
11/06/2006 2:08:12 PM PST
by
ThePythonicCow
(We are but Seekers of Truth, not the Source.)
To: ThePythonicCow
No, a lie is claiming that most users of Fedora and Ubuntu Linux, the 2 most popular distributions, are paying to use legal MP3 and DVD players with their Linux. They don't ship with one, I doubt most could even tell you how to actually do it legally. Here's an article that admits it, since you refuse to.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,124519-page,1/article.html
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posted on
11/06/2006 5:23:32 PM PST
by
Golden Eagle
(Buy American. While you still can.)
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posted on
11/06/2006 6:59:50 PM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
To stay out of court and use the money to try and innovate.
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posted on
11/06/2006 7:01:26 PM PST
by
Doohickey
(I am not unappeasable. YOU are just too easily appeased.)
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
Not likey. There was some Linux coding done to ship the Virtual Server R2 Linux additions, but that's pretty much been doled out to Xen.
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posted on
11/06/2006 7:04:24 PM PST
by
Doohickey
(I am not unappeasable. YOU are just too easily appeased.)
To: ShadowAce
What are your thoughts on this? What's the catch?
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posted on
11/06/2006 7:05:02 PM PST
by
KoRn
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
It's possible, just possible, that this is legit. Gates is stepping down as head technologist for Microsoft and Ray Ozzie is announced as his successor. Ozzie would do this and mean it.
If that is the case then this could get real interesting.
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posted on
11/06/2006 7:05:19 PM PST
by
Phsstpok
(Often wrong, but never in doubt)
To: Golden Eagle
^^^^^^^^^^^^instead of giving it away for free like leftist Richard Stallman wants.^^^^^^^^^^^^^
How about like pragmatic Linus Torvalds wants?
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posted on
11/06/2006 7:09:27 PM PST
by
Halfmanhalfamazing
(Linux, the #2 OS. Mac, the #3 OS. That's why Picasa is on Linux and not Mac.)
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
>>This is stunning. This is like Red Sox fans announcing they're going to root for the Yankees.<<
It really feels more like the Yankees paying off a minor league Boston team to make sure the Red Sox are no longer a threat.
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posted on
11/06/2006 7:10:41 PM PST
by
gondramB
(It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.)
To: KoRn
I haven't figured it out yet. My initial reaction was that this is just the latest in the long line of mistakes by Novell management. I'm not sure what patents Novell thinks it needs to pay MS for--and vice versa.
It's possible that this is the first step in merging OS types so that we'll eventually get everyone working on variations on only one OS--kinda like how Linux and the BSDs are related.
These are just musings, though. I'll be watching this with some interest, anyway.
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posted on
11/06/2006 7:11:09 PM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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