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Monopoly money legislation?
On a more serious note - dont you guys find it disgusting that your hard earned money, taxed by this monopoly, ends up slandering well-respected computer science researchers like Linus Torvalds, who did nothing in his whole life but give away his work for free to share and be shared?

Shouldnt there be new legislation in the US that bars convicted predatory monopolies (just like it bars convicted felons) from spending *our* money on obviously anti-competitive practices like this?

They should be *obligated by law* to spend the money they get from us on actual product and security development and charity, instead of maintaining the status quo!
Posted by: natbrown   Posted on: 05/19/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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News: Disney Not Father Of Mickey Mouse!  natbrown | 05/19/04
That's not really news  wresnick | 05/21/04
Monopoly money legislation?  natbrown | 05/19/04
Con Corp Registry  TrustMe_z | 05/25/04
(nt)Them's fightin' words!  toadlife | 05/19/04
No  NemesisNL | 05/20/04
Doesnt really matter  Suicida| | 05/20/04
How about ZDNet doing some real reporting instead of printing press release  Spin_Masterz | 05/19/04
Now that would be a shame  NemesisNL | 05/20/04
Journalism?  Spoon Jabber | 05/20/04
real reporting  dwest_z | 05/20/04
analogies  dwest_z | 05/20/04
ZD Net's owner is CNET  mint_z | 05/20/04
MS tries yet another angle with their FUD, falls flat as usual.  Spam-ZD | 05/19/04
How is it Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
Here's the FUD  j.m.galvin | 05/20/04
Sorry, I still don't see it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
well...  NemesisNL | 05/20/04
Schrodingers cat.  agottschald | 05/21/04
After long and careful consideration,  Spin_Masterz | 05/20/04
to late  NemesisNL | 05/20/04
in relation to the SCO case mainly...  ryusen | 05/20/04
Tanenbaum Responds: Linus Wrote Linux  sbj | 05/19/04
Linus Wrote Linux  agottschald | 05/21/04
Is he really the father of ????????  dingdong_z | 05/20/04
Nope  Not average Joe | 05/20/04
easier to steal US IP  NemesisNL | 05/20/04
Brown hasn't got a clue  dwest_z | 05/20/04
Is Windows CO really lower than Linux TCO?  Nigel Johnstone | 05/20/04
Yes  NemesisNL | 05/20/04
no thats pigs  Hanover Phist | 05/20/04
Debunked by developer Minix!!!!!!  cuboctahedron2004 | 05/20/04
Tanenbaum is at least the godfather of Linux  mjsadaway | 05/20/04
ofcourse he was influenced  NemesisNL | 05/20/04
re: regrets  ryusen | 05/20/04
Agreed  bhushanaher@... | 05/20/04
Why?  Patrick Jones | 05/20/04
Not sure if he wants any credit  linkki_ | 05/20/04
Just because it is hard for you to believe..  Patrick Jones | 05/20/04
And he did  nucrash | 05/20/04
Actually, its more like...  doe_z | 05/20/04
German court enforces GPL  PCcritic | 05/20/04
Bill Gates recommends doing it !  mw_phil | 05/20/04
that's a cover story for the truth ... its much darker ...  oldskool | 05/20/04
key source claims Alexis de Tocqueville I. author ignorant on Unix history  duncanrobertson | 05/20/04
reminds me of a certain ZD author's style of analysis  oldskool | 05/20/04
Good read, of course...  el1jones | 05/20/04
Never mind the other OS  NemesisNL | 05/20/04
i dunno...  ryusen | 05/20/04
Thinktanks don't think - they validate views  TrustMe_z | 05/25/04
What A Crock!  markdoiron | 05/20/04
Correct me if I'm wrong  dydamiano@... | 05/24/04
For the proper funding...  sbenson@... | 05/20/04
What is inventing?  tero_t_vaananen@... | 05/20/04
Minix not the source  amicus_curious | 05/20/04
Ok, ya have to wonder who championed...  BitTwiddler | 05/20/04
it seems to be about clouding the pedigree (legal FUD)  oldskool | 05/20/04
Ya and I'm sure Gates never based anything  Arrg | 05/20/04
This is not even worthy of coverage  nucrash | 05/20/04
Actually, I enjoyed reading it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
It was a great piece of half-truths  nucrash | 05/20/04
I think you sell people short.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
Do the research!!!!!  nucrash | 05/20/04
*Claims* vs. common sense.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
Are you calling a well respected professor a liar?  NemesisNL | 05/20/04
what common sense does his claim go coutner to?  ryusen | 05/20/04
Null and Void what I say for the day  nucrash | 05/20/04
Me too!  bchesmer | 05/20/04
Amazing  jdunn_z | 05/20/04
Alexis de Tocqueville Institution Fairly Conservative Think Tank  royceLcrocker@... | 05/20/04
Read Who Is On It They are LIBERALS  RobertoSalazar | 05/21/04
Why fight Open Source?  harker82 | 05/20/04
It's the ancient struggle...  Omch'Ar | 05/20/04
Money rules...  NefNef | 05/23/04
LOL, I can't believe ZDNet published this!  Xunil_Sierutuf | 05/20/04
Wrong headline  Tim Patterson | 05/20/04
Truely Humerous  Fred Fredrickson | 05/20/04
Very interesting, and yes it's possible.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
I believe he did it by himself.  Patrick Jones | 05/20/04
You make my point nicely.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
How?  Patrick Jones | 05/20/04
I see nothing in the article suggesting...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
Here you go...  el1jones | 05/20/04
I see nothing wrong with that.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
OSes don't take long to write  voska | 05/20/04
Hey, You asked....  el1jones | 05/20/04
How about..  Patrick Jones | 05/20/04
You accuse Linus of stealing source code, then try to back out?  Fred Fredrickson | 05/21/04
Nope, sorry  quietLee | 05/20/04
See my other post  Patrick Jones | 05/20/04
"the study" is wrong  azurensis | 05/20/04
No he doesn't  NemesisNL | 05/20/04
I never suggested he took the code.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
And Billy Bob Gates and M$ have NEVER stolen code, and then bouth it?  drichards1953 | 05/20/04
been there done that !!  DevilsAdvocado | 05/21/04
Wrong  azurensis | 05/21/04
Specifications  azurensis | 05/20/04
Some OS development history (and links)  B.O.F.H. | 05/20/04
To clarify.  doe_z | 05/20/04
i think you're missing a few points:  ryusen | 05/20/04
Why Not, it's not rocket science.  agottschald | 05/21/04
Copying a commandline is easy, a GUI could take years.  NefNef | 05/23/04
How many of us remember where NT came from?  Unicornrider | 05/20/04
I agree 100%  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
I do  CO_TechGuy | 05/20/04
MS pays Browns salary  TrustMe_z | 05/25/04
My memory is quite different.  Update victim | 05/20/04
Excerpts from the Brown-Tenenbaum interview...  Tim Patterson | 05/20/04
Link. Interesting reading  Tim Patterson | 05/20/04
How is that any different than...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
Tim, do you have an answer?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
Did you even bother to read Tanenbaum's comments yourself?  NemesisNL | 05/20/04
Yes I did.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
Yes  NemesisNL | 05/20/04
You really are confused aren't you?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
why don't you just answer the post  NemesisNL | 05/20/04
I didn't see a question in your post...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
Didn't see a question?  NemesisNL | 05/20/04
do you mean MS patents of the CP/M filesystem (FAT)  B.O.F.H. | 05/21/04
The difference...  Patrick Jones | 05/20/04
Degrees of underhanded actions.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
Huh?  Tim Patterson | 05/20/04
You picked the topic Tim...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
Defend the indefensible  Tim Patterson | 05/20/04
Ah, now you are changing the subject.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
Answer the question Bit  Tim Patterson | 05/20/04
Now hold on a second.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
Yeah, never mind  NemesisNL | 05/20/04
What a cute rant, useless, but cute.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
He's not changing the subject. You are  j.m.galvin | 05/20/04
I'll help you.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
He was talking about the idotic claims about linux heritage  NemesisNL | 05/20/04
Tim, your turn.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
Well Bit...  Tim Patterson | 05/20/04
Sorry Tim...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
some differences...  B.O.F.H. | 05/20/04
I somewhat agree..  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
I?m not sure where you are going with this tangent  B.O.F.H. | 05/20/04
Go to bed  trojanhorse | 05/20/04
Patent issue  agottschald | 05/21/04
Axe, what 'front' are you talking about?  IT_User | 05/20/04
FAT is a derivative filesystem originally form CP/M  B.O.F.H. | 05/20/04
Patent Idea  vgrig | 05/20/04
tannenbomb(sp?) a german xmas tree  lotta_anger | 05/20/04
Out of respect for German last names, please stop  nucrash | 05/20/04
ok I'll stop  lotta_anger | 05/22/04
No Axe sti8ll hasn't responded to Tim Patterson's question!  jellyclock | 05/20/04
Proof, please?  CO_TechGuy | 05/20/04
He's a coward a yells fire in a theatre  trojanhorse | 05/20/04
Torvalds not author of Linux  Update victim | 05/20/04
Tanenbaum sez Linux is not secure  quietLee | 05/20/04
Hey is this news!!!  IT_User | 05/20/04
Benefits  Update victim | 05/20/04
See the tip of your nose?  Mike (not Cox) | 05/20/04
Windows, Apple, Linux all based on something prior  FilledOut | 05/20/04
100% SPOT ON!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
Raises a question  Update victim | 05/20/04
And another question  Spoon Jabber | 05/21/04
Few questions for Linus  gabriele@... | 05/20/04
Throwing mud.  Anton Philidor | 05/20/04
Nice bit of FUD you've tossed out.  Cardinal_Bill | 05/20/04
Dung prodding  Anton Philidor | 05/20/04
Let's just agree to disagree.  Cardinal_Bill | 05/20/04
What differences?  Anton Philidor | 05/20/04
And who are the others funded by?  Spoon Jabber | 05/21/04
True  Patrick Jones | 05/20/04
True  NemesisNL | 05/20/04
Bill Gate STOLE DOS So What  RobertoSalazar | 05/20/04
You of course can prove that, right?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
He doesn't have to  NemesisNL | 05/20/04
Pardon me????  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
Read your posts on this forum.  NemesisNL | 05/20/04
You read them...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
Yes  NemesisNL | 05/20/04
Never going to happen...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
Oh yes, and as to where MSDOS came from.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
yeah right  NemesisNL | 05/20/04
Since you used my research legwork ratherthan looking for youself!  B.O.F.H. | 05/21/04
RE: He doesn't have to  Iain_Peters | 05/20/04
This history of DOS is too well known for this debate  wresnick | 05/21/04
Uh, didn't he buy it...  el1jones | 05/20/04
Yup, $30K was the reported figure.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
QDOS (from Seattle Computer Products) went for $50K  B.O.F.H. | 05/20/04
Interesting Histories . . .  PCcritic | 05/21/04
lawsuit  CO_TechGuy | 05/21/04
I was merely correcting the amount figure.  B.O.F.H. | 05/21/04
That they did...  Cardinal_Bill | 05/20/04
Don't think so  IT_User | 05/20/04
I hate defending Gates or Microsoft but,  Update victim | 05/20/04
More sensational BS  michael-t | 05/20/04
YES, he IS, read, what Tanenbaum says  Solid Water | 05/20/04
According to the author of Minix  oldfrog | 05/20/04
More Microsoft and SCO nonsense.  Uncoveror | 05/20/04
Development Time Frame  gilgamesh_z | 05/20/04
Time Correction  gilgamesh_z | 05/20/04
Well, I'm convinced  none none | 05/20/04
M$ in bed with ZDNet  trojanhorse | 05/20/04
?  no_ax_to_grind_ | 05/20/04
I love Microsoft  no_ax_to_grind_ | 05/20/04
Gates is greedy  haveolho | 05/21/04
Ignore the Man Behind the Curtain  darguz | 05/21/04
And Then  PCcritic | 05/21/04
Not True : ATTN ZDNET Editors  SteveProgrammer | 05/21/04
How fast can you code?  wresnick | 05/21/04
Who cares.  dabx@... | 05/21/04
better question is this  mrclean_z | 05/21/04
all code is binary zero and one  BarbieLee | 05/21/04
Wow, this created world peace  FilledOut | 05/21/04
If a novice can do better than a pro, what does that say?  NefNef | 05/23/04
A simple challenge: produce just one line of illegal code  paulgtaylor | 07/21/04

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