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Old 06-22-2007, 12:55 AM   #16
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Let's see....MS wants to help implement interoperability with opensource formats, right?

Find out which format or protocol is going to remain "the standard" and you'll be closer to the truth about what the true motivations are behind these deals.

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Old 06-22-2007, 04:05 PM   #17
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Let's see....MS wants to help implement interoperability with opensource formats, right?
Wrong: M$ wants OS-standards to comply to *their* interpretation of *their* standards. That would make those OS-standards compete with and infringe on the M$ patents and M$ then could sue them to death. Just how M$ likes it...
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Find out which format or protocol is going to remain "the standard" and you'll be closer to the truth about what the true motivations are behind these deals.
Like in: "closing the waterhole *after* the child has drowned" No thanks...
 
Old 06-22-2007, 05:31 PM   #18
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Guess I should have stamped <sarcasm> all over my post. They are pursuing the most logical and effective course for intimidation, harrassment and assimilation and/or marginalization (depending on what suits their needs).
 
Old 06-22-2007, 07:57 PM   #19
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Guess I should have stamped <sarcasm> all over my post. They are pursuing the most logical and effective course for intimidation, harrassment and assimilation and/or marginalization (depending on what suits their needs).

Very true, but where is Big Brother through all this? Is false advertising, false accusation, harassment, and gaining profits from such activities no longer against the law, or does stealing and patenting crappy software for 30 years make one an exception?


Hell, even the price for Windows should be illegal, even if it worked!

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