Re: MISC-d Digest V00 #15
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- Subject: Re: MISC-d Digest V00 #15
- From: "Wayne Morellini" <waynemm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 13:32:51 EST
From: Eugene Leitl <eugene.leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de>
>http://www.userfriendly.org/cartoons/archives/99aug/19990829.html
:)
Eugene, I've just had an idea. Would it be possible to make a Linux
compatability extension to BEOS. Normally I would advocate that OS's
complement there limited resources by having a Windows compatabilty Box, but
maybe it is time to start thinking about a Linux compatability box?
Wayne.
From: "vic plichota" <atsvap@cgo.wave.ca>
>REDMOND, WA. In a surprise announcement today, Microsoft President
>Steve
<snip>
Good one ;)
From: "vic plichota" <atsvap@cgo.wave.ca>
-> Things like the DVD decoding hack might be a problem.
-> They could even restrict distibution under patent law,
-> so companies like Red Hat could face problems
-> if some of the free code violates patents.
-But by then the cat will be out of the bag, and the spec's freely
-available for private non-commercial [underground] use...
Yes but business do a lot of the Linux distribution, and the patent holders
have a right to restrict it. It may not be happening yet but it will
happen. People work on things and have a right to profit from them, and big
business can use this as a grounds of attack.
-:-) - vic
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