Re: [Hampshire] Microsoft makes claim on Linux code (also Su…

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Author: alan c
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Microsoft makes claim on Linux code (also Suse)
Peter Brooks wrote:
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> On 11/20/06, *Ciemon Dunville* <ciemon@???
> <mailto:ciemon@gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     ..according to an article on The Register.

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>     http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/20/microsoft_claims_linux_code/

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>
> Surprise surprise!
>
> We all knew it was one of the worst deals of recent times, Anyone up for
> boycotting Novell & SuSE Completly for this action?
> Also any code anyone from SuSE/Novell submits as a patch should be
> instantly declined unless it's licensed in the free spirit. None of this
> Microsoft owns Linux rubbish.


Suse has sat at No 2 in the distrowatch list for some time now.
I happened to be looking at the distrowatch 7 day refresh numbers
yesterday and was surprised to see that over the short term, suse was
No3!

No 2 was a ubuntu media friendly derivative 'Mint'
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alan cocks
Linux registered user #360648