Kelly wrote:
On Sunday, June 24, 2007 7:36 pm Les Mikesell wrote:
Any number larger than one is better than only one. And if they all
interoperate correctly without worrying about whether they have to use
an infringing library to do it, so much the better.
I'd agree, except for the identity of the company
proposing "interoperability". Microsoft doesn't have a history of that;
rather, it has a history of EEE and lock-out, and considering Windows is one
of their two big cash cows, I do not believe for a second that they really
want interoperability. I suspect what they'd prefer is a method of forcing
people from Linux to Windows, but not vice-versa (they did the same thing
with O/S2).
Of course that's what they want. Why does that matter?
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Les Mikesell
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