On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 13:30 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > 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 on a MS patent and must be withdrawn it won't be the end of the world.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. ---- If you believe in the merits of their case, you might want to invest in their common stock. Craig
