Re: Micro$oft ba$tards at it again
- From: Joshua David Williams <yurimxpxman@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 20:57:43 GMT
Gill Bates wrote:
Microsoft claims that free software like Linux, which runs a big chunk
of corporate America, violates 235 of its patents. It wants royalties
from distributors and users.
Ironically, nearly none (if not none) of these "intellectual properties"
were actually conjured by Microsoft. For instance, the first Start menu was
actually developed by Berkeley Softworks (See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC/GEOS)
It's no coincidence that Microsoft begain going downhill at the same time
Steve Ballmer became CEO. The man's a fool. Unfortunately for them, they
have nowhere to go but down, especially since they started with such a poor
foundation as DOS.
--
Joshua David Williams
(QDOS == "Quick & Dirty Operating System) --> (DOS == "Dirty Operating
System")
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