On Monday 30 April 2001 11:47 pm, you wrote:
> Re: [SLUG] [Fwd: PLease tell me there's a law against this...]The simple
> solution is for all vendors to ship with a Free copy of Linux. The MS
> statement says "operating system" not "Microsoft operating
> system".
>
> Even better, make sure that the Linux os is from IBM ... and dare MS to go
> after them and claim that their os is grounds to sue anyone ... won't
> happen.
>
> MS may have just provided the incentive millions of PC builders need to
> sell UP to Linux from MS!
>
> :-) Doc
>
> Of course, we have the obvious question: what if someone buys a volume of
> PC's with GNU/Linux on them? Then what? What sort of punitive action will
> M$ take on the company that made the sale?
gates will of course be gates and do whatever he pleases.
i believe in the u s the political (thinking) in place now
would allow him to do this.
The question is also whether M$
> can show up at your door and have you perform an audit even though there is
> no claim on having _any_ M$ products on any machines (except for WINE, but
> does that count?) Do you think they would sue? Can they sue you for _not_
> having Windows on your computer? That's how this is coming across...
>
> Russell
>
> On Monday 30 April 2001 09:40 pm, you wrote:
> > http://www.aaxnet.com/news/M010425.html
>
> i read this earlier today. found it fascinating. gates will do anything
> to get his way. just another reason we need one distro for the
> desktop., in my opinion
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