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The mere mention of Microsoft and you lot of wetting your pants, jumping up and down pissing like babies.

This isn't the first time this has come up. The objection isn't to MS doing the work, it's to the strings attached.

If Red Hat had been proposing this, you would all be in favour and decrying MS for not thinking of it first.

The difference is that Red Hat licenses their patents on liberal terms. Microsoft uses them to eliminate competition, and in this case the "elimination" is from exchanging e-mail.

Dunno 'bout you, but I personally don't like the idea of needing Bill and Steve's permission to exchange mail.
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But..  Jeff Spicoli | 08/12/04
No thanks, not if it's Microsoft  shawkins | 08/12/04
Dude, who cares??? Seriously...  Stellardyne | 08/12/04
Microsoft could care less about fighting spam  Jeff Spicoli | 08/12/04
Yes, I know Microsoft Cares  KyleLC | 08/13/04
Your mail is spam  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/12/04
I care  OhMyGosh | 08/13/04
Technology?  nomorems | 08/12/04
the ip is in the header already is it not? (NT)  V Sanders | 08/12/04
Yes, sort of  Patrick Jones | 08/12/04
but  seosamh_z | 08/12/04
Partially...  Patrick Jones | 08/13/04
But partially  seosamh_z | 08/13/04
What? No comment from No_Ax?  itanalyst | 08/12/04
He's busy patching..  Jeff Spicoli | 08/12/04
SP2 downloaded  mikeybrass | 08/12/04
You're funny  Fred Fredrickson | 08/12/04
Longhorn anyone?  nomorems | 08/12/04
Presumption...  mikeybrass | 08/13/04
*shakes head*  mikeybrass | 08/13/04
Yah and wher's Mikey (NT)  daveswan | 08/12/04
*LOL* Good one IT Analyst... (NT)  Stellardyne | 08/12/04
License problem sorted yet?  Nigel Johnstone | 08/12/04
Hey if you can't trust Microsoft  skeptic tank | 08/12/04
Patents depending  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/12/04
Government intervention  medezark | 08/12/04
But  seosamh_z | 08/12/04
Not all doom and gloom  Fred Fredrickson | 08/12/04
Patents don't protect  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/12/04
Yes but...  Fred Fredrickson | 08/12/04
There's gotta be..  Xunil_Sierutuf | 08/12/04
Bunch of whingers  mikeybrass | 08/12/04
Strings attached  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/12/04
Brought it on themselves  nomorems | 08/12/04
Not if it is from Micro$sux$ALOT!  NonZealot | 08/12/04
nice, but.....  Suicida| | 08/12/04
Another "One click" patent will hand email to MS  Sleveless | 08/13/04
White Man Speak With Forked Tongue  ParadigmOdyssey | 08/14/04
Add Sender ID Support to your Windows SMTP!  aloaha | 08/31/04

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