<OT> A bad day in Redmond

[Bill Campbell]

I'm coming into this late as I spent this week catching up after
6 days in Bryce and Zion Canyons (some photos may end up on my
web site when I get a bit of time :-)

After reading the groklaw article below last night, it appears
that several members of the Samba team were largely responsible
for the EU's court really understanding the issues involved.  I
particularly like the comments pointing out that Microsoft
couldn't buy off the Samba group as they did many of the original
complainants.

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070919214307459

The facts that FOSS software cannot be orphaned when a company
goes out of business, and that even a company with Microsoft's
assets and political clout can't intimidate or buy off the
amorphous mass of FOSS developers, should be very positive
factors in any business decision.

Bill
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