Email from 'Microsoft'

[Tom Wilson]

On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 07:12, David A. Bandel wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 21:09:18 -0700
> Ken Moffat <kmoffat at drizzle.com> wrote:
> 
> > Bill Campbell wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > >the BSA extortionists hit them with about 80 grand in
> > >licensing charges.  This was the straw that broke them, and the
> > >company went out of business.
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> > ouch!
> 
> Same thing has happened here in Panama.  The resurrected companies wnat
> nothing to do with M$.  In this way, M$ often helps Linux by shooting
> itself in its own foot.

They sure do.  Along these lines, I read this story last week off of /. 
It particularly appealed to me because it involves the brand of guitar
strings I use.  It is a grand Linux success story.

http://news.com.com/2008-1082_3-5065859.html?tag=lh

--Tom Wilson