we vs. they

[Roger Oberholtzer]

On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 15:43 -0800, Bob Hemus wrote:
> 4. News: Microsoft to Face Challenge over Linux Licenses 
> 
> Supporters of Linux are preparing to counter Microsoft's deal 
> with Novell that establishes for the first time the principle of 
> paying the software giant for the operating system, whose 
> license requires it to be free. 
> http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-4901-31-89-158669-567465-0-0-0-1
> I get eWeek magazine.  Suppose this means anything?

"Has to be free"? Didn't think so. Just open. Given that it is open, the
question is how much you will pay someone to put all the open stuff
together for you so it works. That is what we pay for. And that is all
MS would be doing. Maybe someone will pay the equivalent price of XP for
Linux just because it has the MS brand on the box. It is a market
question, not a GNU/legal one.

-- 
Roger Oberholtzer

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