MS makes conciliatory noises

especially considering Microsoft's recent comments that the Linux operating system infringes on 295 of its patents.
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Wonder how many patents microsoft infringes that belong to Mac?
 
eltherza said:
Wonder how many patents microsoft infringes that belong to Mac?
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Or anyone else for that matter, they got a cheek to speak about infringements.
Every good idea that has brewed out in open software community, MS has "adopted" as their own and "revolutionary" to the IT and productivity (solitaire being the top of the productivity bunch hehehe).
 
now now MS is just trying to protect it's gravy train.
 
Off topic

Is it just me and my imagination, or is Vista not doing as well as expected or hoped for by MS? :rolleyes:
 
However, Microsoft's Ashley de Klerk says that cutting the proprietary software vendors out of the loop completely wouldn't only hurt SA companies selling services and support for those products but would also reduce the level of competitiveness in tendering processes.
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BS! Those same companies will make even more money selling services and support for linux and open products.
The patent infringement is a scare tactic that MS is using. Simple, they claim patent infingement, but refuse to say which patents. This means that if there are in fact infringements, noone can remove them, because noone knows what they are. Therefore M$ can continue threatening court action ad infinitum.

Same tactic employed by SCO. Thankfully they are seeing their a$$es in court.
 
However, Microsoft's Ashley de Klerk says that cutting the proprietary software vendors out of the loop completely wouldn't only hurt SA companies selling services and support for those products but would also reduce the level of competitiveness in tendering processes.
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If someone is willing to make a product for free, why not take advantage of that? This IS what you're supposed to do in a free market economy, right?

And frankly, I think the government has better things to spend their funds on than buying tons of software licenses... especially when much of the money goes straight overseas.
 
What can be better, a company creating software or a worldwide community. I don't think I have to answer that, its so obvious. Yes, Micro$oft where is the proof of the alleged patent infringements, I presume Vi$ta not doing well is it.
 
the hole "patent infingement thing" it's really a scare tactic for businesses, so they will buy microsoft stuff and not OSS. *mutters about microsoft*
 
I'm not sure anyone said anything about cutting proprietary software vendors "completely" out of the loop, sounds like a strawman. Competition is a good thing. But for things like governments paid for by the taxpayer, there is the issue of information locked up in proprietary file formats.
eltherza said:
Wonder how many patents microsoft infringes that belong to Mac?
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Probably quite a few; some years back when Apple wasn't doing so well, Steve Jobs (shortly after re-joining the company) made a deal with Microsoft whereby they would invest a significant chunk of cash into Apple and also commit to making several major releases of Office available for the Mac, as well as Internet Explorer ... in his announcement speech, Jobs intimates that patent infringements by Microsoft were a significant part of the bargaining hand in getting this deal. (The speech is on YouTube somewhere ... ah, here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=WxOp5mBY9IY ... gosh, 1997 - hard to believe that was ten years ago already.)
 
What can be better, a company creating software or a worldwide community. I don't think I have to answer that, its so obvious.
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Obvious but not always real life.

I build over 5 years an excellent concept that can be called Open Source Marketing but I still struggle to get the ball rolling.

How the hell the founders of Open Source Software managed to get the ball rolling and let people understand how they can benefit from it is almost above my understanding.

I must however admit that I am deaf and Afrikaans speaking so it play a huge role in my inability to explain/communicate the concept properly.
 
I failed to detect any "conciliatory noises" in the article. The opposite, in fact.
 
Gatecrasher said:
I failed to detect any "conciliatory noises" in the article. The opposite, in fact.
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I agree, the following does sound like Microsoft SA telling SA guavamint to use M$ or else the wrath of M$ will be inflicted upon guavamint
However, Microsoft's Ashley de Klerk says that cutting the proprietary software vendors out of the loop completely wouldn't only hurt SA companies selling services and support for those products but would also reduce the level of competitiveness in tendering processes.
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I have to wonder why tendering processes are allegedly tied to a Microsoft Windoze platform...:confused:
 
I have to wonder why tendering processes are allegedly tied to a Microsoft Windoze platform...
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Wonder no more.:D

Microsoft have proprietary rights over the money-under-the-table concept of guavamint tenders.
 
Frankc said:
Wonder no more.:D

Microsoft have proprietary rights over the money-under-the-table concept of guavamint tenders.
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Ok, so Microsoft has patented windows, and now the space underneath tables, what next will doors and floors and the greater outdoors also belong to Microsoft?
 
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