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| DATE | 2006-11-20 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Sun and the GPL
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/universal-music-sues-myspace-copyright/story.aspx?guid=%7B996022C6-18CF-436B-B075-1B1394195555%7D&siteId=
On Mon, 2006-11-20 at 00:39 -0500, Ruben Safir wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-11-18 at 01:48 -0500, rc wrote:
> > > "The war is over. Linux won."
> >
> > But... Microsoft 0wnz Linux according to Ballmer ...d'oh!
> >
> > http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9005171&source=NLT_AM&nlid=1
> >
>
>
> I want to see Balmer actually sue IBM, the FSF and Red Hat for use of
> their "property". I'm just so sick of junk like this and they can
> scratch my rear. I'd like to see him send me a bill personally. In
> fact that should be the next NYLXS campaign to get every human being
> possible who runs Free Software to beg Microsoft to send them a bill for
> their use of Microsoft technology monopolies in Free Software and then
> we can send them all the Attorney Generals office as business fraud and
> start a whopping class action suit. Its time for some of of those ill
> gotten Microsoft dollars to float back to the victims of their illegal
> activities and this seems like a helva better way to accomplish this
> than the governments antimonpoly suit.
>
> I have one question. If this jackle in MS colors is so sure of himself,
> then why is it that Novell gets more money out of this deal than MS and
> there is ***NO*** specific admission by Novell of any trespass by any
> Free Software of any Microsoft legal rights with regard to dubious
> copyright or non-existant patents.
>
> I smell a big pay day here for everyone who ever used Free Software and
> Balmer might have finally walked into the trap lying for him for many
> years.
>
> We can get the ball rolling and fast. Lets just spread this message
> around and see what can stick.
>
> Ruben
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