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Story: Microsoft's draft licence, step by step
Posted by: Chris Rankin (Monday 21 March 2005, 10:46 PM)
So in summary, Adam S, you believe that no-one should be allowed to program on a Microsoft platform without Microsoft's explicitly licensed and fully paid-through-the-nose permission.
Hence all Windows applications must exist at Microsoft's *sufferance*, because Microsoft should be permitted to dictate whatever terms it pleases to its licensees as part of its own punishment.
You *do* realise that the EC was seeking remedies for anti-competitive business practices, right?
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Story: Microsoft's draft licence, step by step
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As usual, a one sided deal to the extreme. Arthur B. -
Excellent article!!
Great digest. Ulrich Hobelmann
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What a stupidly one-sided view of the entire issue... Anonymous
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Hi my name mitsu_pit, I'm an Alien, I came all thi... mitsu_pit
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protocols != applications. Microsoft, in its capa... bobby
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Mr Anonymous Salesperson: Microsoft wrote tha... Chris Rankin -
Microsoft's behaviour is clearly outrage... Boris -
Sarcasm or reverse psychology, Bori... Chris Rankin
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The article is too cynical for me to understand it... Anonymous
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So much for objectivity in reporting..
WTF?
Micros... Adam S
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So in summary, Adam S, you believe that no-on... Chris Rankin -
Adam S, despite what you may think, a protocol is... Trev
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it would be an interesting exercise to calcul... Jezter~
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Looks like Bill Gates is still treating... harry
