- "Microsoft wins latest Halloween PR bout - without really trying"
- Posted by Pete Goodwin on March 6th, 2004
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/36066.html
"Microsoft and SCO will be delighted by the reaction to Eric Raymond's
latest Halloween Memo. Facing fairly incriminating evidence on the charge
that both parties want to wipe out free software development, Microsoft
walked free on the lesser charge of funding SCO's specific legal campaign
against Linux, under the Scottish verdict of "not proven"."
--
Pete Goodwin, using knode on Xandros 2.0
- Posted by Philip Callan on March 6th, 2004
Pete Goodwin wrote:
the prosecution have not provided enough substantial proof to convict
the individual of a crime, but that there remains considerable doubt
regarding the offender's innocence. Anyone given a verdict of not proven
has been acquitted just the same as someone who receives a not guilty
verdict.
The scottish verdict applies TODAY.
Lets see what it is in a year or two of digging and trials and immunity
deals with the DoJ.
- Posted by Daeron on March 6th, 2004
Philip Callan wrote:
"In another sense, Microsoft will breathe a huge sigh of relief. The
energy consumed by the SCO case - and what might be a fruitless search
for a conspiracy - has distracted the software libre community from
Microsoft's decision to embark on a patent licensing scheme of its own."
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/34391.html
