Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265153AbTFULy2 (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Jun 2003 07:54:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265157AbTFULy2 (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Jun 2003 07:54:28 -0400 Received: from p164.ats40.donpac.ru ([217.107.128.164]:22506 "EHLO donpac.ru") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265153AbTFULyZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Jun 2003 07:54:25 -0400 Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 16:08:21 +0400 To: "Henning P. Schmiedehausen" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Troll Tech [was Re: Sco vs. IBM] Message-ID: <20030621120821.GA23228@pazke> Mail-Followup-To: "Henning P. Schmiedehausen" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20030620120910.3f2cb001.skraw@ithnet.com> <20030621133928.4cda13e2.skraw@ithnet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="sdtB3X0nJg68CQEu" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i From: Andrey Panin X-Spam-Score: -11.7 (-----------) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1700 Lines: 53 --sdtB3X0nJg68CQEu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 172, 06 21, 2003 at 11:53:29 +0000, Henning P. Schmiedehausen wrote: > Stephan von Krawczynski writes: >=20 > >Do you really think it was _necessary_ to change the document format in = just > >about any W*rd version available? Do you? Not really. > >Its all about creating problems for competitors and none about being kin= d to > >the own customer. >=20 > >You don't find this kind of behaviour in GPL software. >=20 > I'd consider "If it does not work with the new version of libfoo, > please recompile" or "you need a newer blafoo tool to use this" or > "your compiler isn't usable for application xxx" much worse.=20 >=20 > And _this_ is common for many open source projects. >=20 > Reality Check: 99,9% of all computer users don't know what a compiler > is but can open Word 6.x documents in WordXP. If you want Windows, you know where to get it. People please stop this useless thread ! --=20 Andrey Panin | Linux and UNIX system administrator pazke@donpac.ru | PGP key: wwwkeys.pgp.net --sdtB3X0nJg68CQEu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+9Eq1by9O0+A2ZecRAmYIAJ9d4wdTALdMEkP5z4Wmhr8l4sDdhACgs+tu pEbzZu76ilZTUXkS4rs921I= =dSlH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --sdtB3X0nJg68CQEu-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/