Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932750AbWKGRvc (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Nov 2006 12:51:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932712AbWKGRvc (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Nov 2006 12:51:32 -0500 Received: from vms046pub.verizon.net ([206.46.252.46]:57983 "EHLO vms046pub.verizon.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932750AbWKGRvb (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Nov 2006 12:51:31 -0500 Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 12:47:52 -0500 From: Gene Heskett Subject: Re: Faustian Pact between Novell and Microsoft In-reply-to: <4550BA59.1000701@wolfmountaingroup.com> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-id: <200611071247.52540.gene.heskett@verizon.net> Organization: Organization? Absolutely zip. MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline References: <454A7BBB.10403@wolfmountaingroup.com> <1162894662.19866.15.camel@tara.firmix.at> <4550BA59.1000701@wolfmountaingroup.com> User-Agent: KMail/1.7 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1412 Lines: 41 On Tuesday 07 November 2006 11:54, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: >Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: >>On Tue, 2006-11-07 at 09:18 +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: >>[...] >> >>>This is a watershed moment for Linux. It fundamentally changes the >>>rules of the game. We're really excited about this deal, and we hope >>>you are too. >>> >>> >>>(from http://www.novell.com/linux/microsoft/openletter.html) only make >>>it worse, but acquisition? I'd hope not even mickey$oft has enough >>>cash for _that_. >> >>And the first point in the list is "patents" .... >> >> Bernd > >I can see the lights are coming on now for some folks now. > >Jeff The 'lights' have been on for quite some time Jeff, but getting our govmnt to recognize that is going to take some housecleaning, which I intend to do in the ballotbox yet this afternoon. Wish us good luck in that endeavor folks. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. - 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/