On Friday 03 November 2006 05:18, Andy Green wrote: >Michael Wiktowy wrote: >> Just finished watching the Novell/MS press conference and it looks >> like MS is trying to spread the software patent bogeyman again (now >> that their ploy with SCO isn't quite panning out as they imagined) but >> it seems to me due to the complex entanglement of upstream > >Complex entanglement of people all based in Utah, too. > There must be something in the water in Utah. >> contributers, they would have a hard time pursuing any IP rights >> against anyone in the Open Source community now ... including Red Hat. >> >> Here's to hoping that Novell is acting in the greater good on the Open >> Source community rather than self interests. > >Bah everyone is running around trying to screw RHAT at the moment, we >are expected to believe that the recent kicks to the belly are not >coming from the same foot? > >http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=NOVL&t=3m&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=RHAT,ORA > >It's a compliment that you have been effective when attackers start >coming out of the woodwork. I hope RHAT muse on what they were doing >that prompted such a schoolyard gang to form and crank the volume up on >it to 11. > Yeah, well that page doesn't show RHAT in such rosy terms. Its a neat page though except for the builtin delays, it almost makes you think you are watching in real time. I'll bookmark it just for grins. >-Andy -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.