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From: "Keith Moore" <keithmo@earthlink.net>
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Subject: RE: Disgusted with kbuild developers
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 18:02:46 -0700
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> That is not something Microsoft could leverage.
> Actually, it is something Linux can leverage against Microsoft, because
> Microsoft keeps on telling people that using GPL is a nightmare because
> it forces all your intellectual property on the street for free.  They
> proved that wrong themselves.  That is quite a strong argument.  It
> should be publicized, not buried.  We should thank them publicly.
>
> Felix

Don't read too much into this. As I understand it, the "Microsoft Engineer"
that wrote scripts/configure did this work on his own time, not as part of a
Microsoft project team.


Keith

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