Copying, content and communism (Bill Gates on Who is a Communist

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[N3WBI3]

Yea those fine upstanding capatilist at the UN population control fund love him..

[ShadowAce]

IBM's motion will be dismissed.

Perhaps. We'll see.

The case is going to a full trial

Most definately. Since you seem to be oblivious to the whole case, I'd suggest you read up on your history. The CC10 motion is merely for part of the claim SCO brought against IBM--not the whoel thing.

IBM's motion is just the usual legal maneuvering by a guilty IBM to delay the trail as long as possible, in the hopes that SCO runs out of money.

I have NEVER read anything so clueless on these boards in regards to this case as this statement.

Ever.

[KwasiOwusu]

"There's no need. They know it and their customers know it."

Only reason they don't is because they can't.
They have no idea where their stolen code came from. LOL!

Plus of course most of their potential and lots of their existing costumers in fact do NOT know they they are safe from patent and IP challenges.
This America, the world champion of litigation.
If your software vendor is not giving you protection, someone is gonna come after ya.
Meanwhile, Microsoft is gleefully raking in record revenues from Windows servers in part from pointing this out to potential Linux costumers and swinging them over to Windows.

[TechJunkYard]

Men like J P Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller etc etc.

Tell me what any of these men had to to with Plymouth, Jamestown, Philadelphia, etc., before 1812. Answer: Zip.

These men built business empires. Their own little kingdoms -- which were not democracies, BTW. They amassed fortune and wealth and insulated themselves from their workers with layers of management.

This is nothing like nation-building.

You are blinded by your profit motive and your worship of the Almighty Dollar.

... principles diametrically opposite to what the communist open source crazies stand for.

Such as?

[ThinkDifferent]

Windows source code was given to a very very select, very high level' very responsible members of the Chinese government.

And if you can't trust mass-murdering tyrants, who can you trust?

[KwasiOwusu]

"Most definately. Since you seem to be oblivious to the whole case, I'd suggest you read up on your history. The CC10 motion is merely for part of the claim SCO brought against IBM--not the whoel thing."

Case is still going to full trial.
And SCO will win.

"have NEVER read anything so clueless on these boards in regards to this case as this statement.
Ever."

I have.
Most of your rantings.
The best was that bit from you about all the cars outside my window being open source cars.
HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE!!!

Now that has got to take first prize in any stupidity competition anywhere in the world. Easy.

[ThinkDifferent]

Where is the open source car?

As others have noted, you can find out how your car works easily. If you want to know why nobody is giving away cars for free, it's because making an additional car costs money, while making an extra copy of a software program costs nothing. Google for "marginal cost". (Or do an MSN search, since Google is apparently communist for using Linux).

[ThinkDifferent]

So how come Linux has so much stolen IP in it then?

How come you beat your wife?

[N3WBI3]

Where is the open source car?

hmmm I can go to my car, open up the hood, study it, pull it apart, put it together, use parts from it in another car. Thats open source. Would you buy a car that you could not look under the hood of?

[ThinkDifferent]

And SCO will win.

Now that's funny. I assume you've picked up lots of SCOX at its dirt-cheap prices?

[ShadowAce]

They have no idea where their stolen code came from. LOL!

Wrong yet again. (This is getting too easy!)

Open source methodology includes full histories of where each line of code originated from, including author's name, and verification process.

Do you know the name of the MS engineer(s) who wrote Notepad?

[N3WBI3]

Can you find a vourt case where it has been proven that Linux has stolen IP?

[KwasiOwusu]

"Tell me what any of these men had to to with Plymouth, Jamestown, Philadelphia, etc., before 1812. Answer: Zip"

Why on earth do the men that built the industries of this country have to have anything to do with Plymouth etc etc?

"These men built business empires. Their own little kingdoms -- which were not democracies"

Damn right you are.
These men built the industries that made America a world power.
If you mean they were not politicians, then GREAT!
A business is not a political party.

"They amassed fortune and wealth and insulated themselves from their workers with layers of management. "

Hey, when did you leave the meeting of the Karl Marx appreciation society?
They built businesses and had layers of management to help run those business, provided jobs for millions of Americans, improved the standard of living of Americans to make Americans have the world's highest standard of living , plus make America the most powerful country on the entire planet etc etc.
Only a Communist will think that is a crime.


"This is nothing like nation-building"

Nobody mentioned nation building in that post..
You just inserted it to carry out your own agenda

You are blinded by your profit motive and your worship of the Almighty Dollar"
And you are blindfolded by stupidity.
This is America. You work hard, you make enough money to look after your frailly.
If you have a an entrepreneurial bent you build your own business.
Its called the American dream.


"Such as?"

Such as every single p;int you brought up in your post.
How about that?

[KwasiOwusu]

"Open source methodology includes full histories of where each line of code originated from, including author's name, and verification process"

# 1 so why are they afraid to give FULL legal protection to their clients, especially since their recent quarterly results were worse then expected?

# 2, Your post should read" including the name of the alleged "author"'s name."
That is exactly where SCO is taking them to court for.

"Do you know the name of the MS engineer(s) who wrote Notepad?"

Don't have to.
Full legal protection from Microsoft. :)

[N3WBI3]

Are you saying MS infringes on no patents?? Where is their respect for ip?

[TechJunkYard]

Damn right you are.

Of course.

Nobody mentioned nation building in that post.. You just inserted it to carry out your own agenda

No, I mentioned it in my first post. Go back and read it for context.

You are the one with the agenda here, and that's plainly obvious.

[KwasiOwusu]

"Now that's funny. I assume you've picked up lots of SCOX at its dirt-cheap prices?"

No.
Bought more Microsoft instead.
And collected the huge special dividend of $3 per share just before Christmas from Microsoft.
Me and my family had a very Merry Christmas, thank you very much.
And..SCO will still win.

[KwasiOwusu]

"No, I mentioned it in my first post. Go back and read it for context"

I didn't in mine.
And yours was a reply to my post.
As for your agenda, I already dissected you in my previous post.

[N3WBI3]

They have no idea where their stolen code came from. LOL!

The author of every piece of Linux code is known..

[ThinkDifferent]

Bought more Microsoft instead. And collected the huge special dividend of $3 per share just before Christmas from Microsoft.

Good for you. I have MSFT too, although I wish it had been AAPL.

And..SCO will still win.

So why aren't you buying SCOX? Pretty much every analyst and trader disagrees with you, so you have an easy opportunity to make a fortune. Scared to put your money where your mouth is?