FC4 or FC5

[Craig White]

On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 13:30 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 13:43 -0400, Sean wrote:
> >  
> > > Copyrights and patents are very different approaches.  Microsoft has
> > > not chosen to enforce any patent protection against samba yet but
> > > that doesn't mean they can't or won't.
> > 
> > Oh well.  Even in the unlikely case that Samba is found to impinge
> > on a MS patent and must be withdrawn it won't be the end of the world.
> > Microsoft would have to be a bit crazy to go down that road then since
> > they would alienate so many customers and potential customers that it 
> > would likely cost them more than it was worth.
> 
> Much, much stranger things have happened...  Back in the days when
> AT&T was the world's biggest monopoly and had invented the world's
> nicest OS (i.e. up through the early 90's), no one could possibly
> have imagined that a company like the current version of SCO would
> end up owning the rights to that code or that they'd be suing
> everyone in sight over it.
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If you believe in the merits of their case, you might want to invest in
their common stock.

Craig