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| Re: Intel vs AMD-interesting Thoughts on new DAW tyan S2915 [message #83539 is a reply to message #83537] |
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Deej [4]
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com> wrote:
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>>>>You almost cannot overstate the potential impact of this
>>>>litigation on the shape and future of the internet, and how
>>>>business is conducted. In a way, it would be like the railroad
>>>>barons of the 19th century suing anyone who used a wheel,
>>>>axles, and brakes, for infringement.
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>>>>This is really important, and it is really important that MS loses...
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>>>>DC
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>>>>"TCB" <nobody@ishere.com> wrote:
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>>>>> http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/ 05/28/100033867/index.htm?section=money_latest
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>>>>>TCB
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>I realize this is tooting my own horn a bit, but here's a link to what Linus
has to say, which is damn to close to what I wrote before I read this piece.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articl eID=199600443
TCB
"TCB" <nobody@ishere.com> wrote:
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>The thing is, though, that M$oft isn't suing anyone. What they're saying
is,
>'Linux infringes on 235 patents. We won't tell you which ones, but they
do,
>just trust us.' Then they are going to their big corporate (and maybe educational,
>I'm not sure) customers and saying, 'If you have linux in your server room
>or even if your geeks use it on their desktops, you're infringing on our
>patents. However, we're reasonable people and realize you might need more
>than one platform in your backline. So you can either move your linux servers
>over to our stuff or you can pay us a licensing fee to indemnify you on
the
>patent infringement.'
>
>The reason they're going this way is if they were to litigate, say
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