On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 13:43 -0400, Sean wrote:
>
> > Copyrights and patents are very different approaches. Microsoft has
> > not chosen to enforce any patent protection against samba yet but
> > that doesn't mean they can't or won't.
>
> Oh well. Even in the unlikely case that Samba is found to impinge
> on a MS patent and must be withdrawn it won't be the end of the world.
> Microsoft would have to be a bit crazy to go down that road then since
> they would alienate so many customers and potential customers that it
> would likely cost them more than it was worth.
Much, much stranger things have happened... Back in the days when
AT&T was the world's biggest monopoly and had invented the world's
nicest OS (i.e. up through the early 90's), no one could possibly
have imagined that a company like the current version of SCO would
end up owning the rights to that code or that they'd be suing
everyone in sight over it.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
