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They would stand behind the user. Always has.
Sorry, but as I look back for the last 20 years and all the claims about MS and IP, MS has stood up EVERY time and no user has EVER spent a penny.

Your 'point" is just for the sake of argument and doesn't fit what we have all seen for 20 years.

Nice try though...
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Nice ... Really Nice  coffeenite | 09/21/04
Way too much greedy nutiness  Bill4 | 09/21/04
What's a big bad Monopoly to do?????  DonnieBoy | 09/21/04
Get a clue!  StorageGuru | 09/21/04
Stability? Target?  Ron Howard | 09/21/04
Re: Stability? Target?  Wolfie2K3 | 09/21/04
OK  Spoon Jabber | 09/22/04
Huh? Linux again???  rock06r | 09/26/04
Reasoned response to FUD  Zuidera | 10/26/04
They don't have to sue  nucrash | 09/21/04
True, FUD does work, it can also backfire.  DonnieBoy | 09/21/04
You confuse guilt with FUD  StorageGuru | 09/21/04
For Microsoft, the FUD is what matters.  DonnieBoy | 09/21/04
Easy to say  StorageGuru | 09/21/04
No, it's still FUD.  none none | 09/21/04
No confusion here  richdave | 10/03/04
I agree, MS won't do anything untill profits take a nose dive.  DonnieBoy | 09/21/04
Yes, the threat is more powerful than the execution.  Anton Philidor | 09/21/04
It is not a threat, it is a warranty  StorageGuru | 09/21/04
Economic basis of open source.  Anton Philidor | 09/21/04
Whatever you are smoking, I want some  richdave | 10/03/04
Commercial indemnification  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/21/04
They would stand behind the user. Always has.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
Name once  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/21/04
Yes name just once.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/22/04
Did you forget Timeline?  B.O.F.H. | 09/21/04
A developer is not a user.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/22/04
Actually  Linux User 147560 | 09/22/04
Really?  richdave | 10/03/04
Defend it, of course  StorageGuru | 09/21/04
Track record  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/21/04
Take the famous Stac case  StorageGuru | 09/21/04
RE: Take the...  Iain_Peters | 09/21/04
actually, the proof is required the other way around  hipparchus2000 | 09/21/04
No one is going to sue users first  StorageGuru | 09/21/04
Where is the beef?  richdave | 10/03/04
Re: Get a clue!  none none | 09/21/04
Not much of an example of anything  amicus_curious | 09/22/04
Nicely written, well researched  Chad_z | 09/21/04
What a gift from Sun  FilledOut | 09/21/04
Not smacking down anybody.  dberlind | 09/21/04
True, but....  nucrash | 09/21/04
Sun can NOT sue you. They released under the LGPL.  DonnieBoy | 09/21/04
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.  DonnieBoy | 09/21/04
Nay  FilledOut | 09/22/04
Trying to Grapple the OSS Eel  P. Douglas | 09/21/04
Bingo!  rapson | 09/21/04
Agree except for...  seosamh_z | 09/21/04
True  rapson | 09/21/04
One word  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/21/04
Here's another  seosamh_z | 09/21/04
IBM: An impure evil.  hulse_kevin | 09/21/04
IBM: too big for their Britches  nucrash | 09/21/04
Which is More Evil?  P. Douglas | 09/21/04
A broader picture.  nucrash | 09/21/04
... with pieces missing.  Anton Philidor | 09/21/04
OSS Provides Overall Less Advantages For Developers  P. Douglas | 09/21/04
out of date view of f/oss  LouS | 09/21/04
Volunteer??? Accountable???  richdave | 10/03/04
OK, explain to me, P. Douglas...  Yen_z | 09/21/04
TOUCHE!  FreeBSD | 09/22/04
Actually...  richdave | 10/03/04
Untangling a contradiction: IBM and software  Anton Philidor | 09/21/04
Nothing new  rapson | 09/21/04
nope  Jeff Spicoli | 09/21/04
IBM Holding up OSS?  htotten | 09/21/04
What a Byzantine tale  richwig | 09/21/04
Openoffice users are safe - m$ better beware  mvaar | 09/21/04
All Qs, no As  Eggs Ackley_z | 09/21/04
And you added NO A.  Update victim | 09/21/04
That's fair (no answers)  dberlind | 09/21/04
Unh unh  richdave | 10/03/04
An attack on Red Hat by Microsoft ...  George Mitchell | 09/21/04
I disagree completely.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
Considering the advantages of inaction...  Anton Philidor | 09/21/04
Oh I agree, nothing will happen soon.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
Stop fixating on Red Hat - the Redd Herring here  quietLee | 09/21/04
What a hoot!  George Mitchell | 09/21/04
what in OpenOffice do you think belongs to Microsoft  hipparchus2000 | 09/21/04
Of course ...  George Mitchell | 09/22/04
Re: I disagree completely.  Pafipe | 09/22/04
A couple of thoughts...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
That's why OSS needs to strike first  Michael Kelly | 09/21/04
Not interoperate, replicate  Anton Philidor | 09/21/04
I don't think so Anton.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
XML needs traction. The rest?  Anton Philidor | 09/21/04
Only the beginning...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
Think again  Patrick Jones | 09/21/04
Not 'zactly  quietLee | 09/21/04
Yes, so..  Patrick Jones | 09/21/04
Not a problem at all ..  George Mitchell | 09/21/04
Funny...  Patrick Jones | 09/21/04
Hilarious, yes.  Anton Philidor | 09/21/04
Those will have to be some BIG reasons..  Patrick Jones | 09/21/04
And why could Sun not just buy a license?  B.O.F.H. | 09/21/04
Of course they can, but that does nothing for open office.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
Sun owns OpenOffice.  B.O.F.H. | 09/21/04
No, they do not OWN it. It's open source.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
here is copy from the site (since you have no clue)  B.O.F.H. | 09/21/04
Once more tail rider, it doesn't matter.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
No, they don't own it...  Michael Kelly | 09/21/04
Not correct  quietLee | 09/21/04
Oh, and by the way...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
How many times did you get burned on that  B.O.F.H. | 09/22/04
a lot of people would have trouble justifying upgrading Office  hipparchus2000 | 09/21/04
About all the patent issues  CobraA1 | 09/21/04
Not true.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
Answer:  Michael Kelly | 09/21/04
No, you misunderstood.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
Distinction without a difference  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/21/04
Of course I can sue MS, Sun, IBM, etc..  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
Goose, sauce, gander  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/21/04
It's never happened and never will.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
Interesting Conundrum  nucrash | 09/21/04
Is it money MS is after?  Michael Kelly | 09/21/04
True. In fact it makes sense to disgrace Red Hat.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
Microsoft must be hurting for money!  B.O.F.H. | 09/21/04
$60 Billion says your wrong.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
If they have to do this, Microsoft is hurting!  B.O.F.H. | 09/21/04
Windows Everywhere is more than a slogan.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
Sue Microsoft? ROTFLMAO  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/21/04
The fact you lack the ability has nothing to do with me.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
Place your bets  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/21/04
Flailing at windmills  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
Even you can say CLASS ACTION. Right?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
Prudent use of resources  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/21/04
Never going to happen.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
Amazing Mental Powers  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/21/04
Doesn't matter, the smart money knows where to place the bet.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
Nice backpedal there, Don  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/21/04
Windows users are not indemnified by MS  hipparchus2000 | 09/21/04
You really don't know much about Open Source, do you?  B.O.F.H. | 09/21/04
Obviously you don't.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
Where have you been for the past 20 years?  B.O.F.H. | 09/21/04
And once more, it doesn't matter.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
IBM and Red Hat have to indemnify someone?  B.O.F.H. | 09/21/04
But you couldn't sue Microsoft or Sun since your licence forbids it  hipparchus2000 | 09/21/04
How many users sued in the last class action?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
Well?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/22/04
A little too much free time at the computer?  B.O.F.H. | 09/22/04
Try answering the question  eb276 | 09/22/04
Re: Try answering the question  B.O.F.H. | 09/22/04
True enough  eb276 | 09/22/04
Long Read, Quck Question?  jcs83 | 09/21/04
The value of uncertainty  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/21/04
I have to agree with...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
professional outfits will probably get insurance  hipparchus2000 | 09/21/04
Or not bother with the risk at all.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
End-Users won't get sued.  dberlind | 09/21/04
I agree completely...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
Collaborative efforts vs products  Anton Philidor | 09/21/04
Risky bet  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/21/04
An MS patent suit against Red Hat would be suicide  FamilyManFirst | 09/21/04
Microsoft needs to remember they are fighting open source, not Red Hat.  DonnieBoy | 09/21/04
Wrong, distro's are the target.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
Why not Novell or SuSE  nucrash | 09/21/04
Why not Novell or SuSE  dberlind | 09/21/04
Precedent  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/21/04
Take out the biggest target first...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
Suse IS the largest player in Europe!  B.O.F.H. | 09/21/04
Maybe...  jcs83 | 09/21/04
But killing all the distros will not kill open source.  DonnieBoy | 09/21/04
No need to...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
Wrong  Deletomn | 09/23/04
pushing people towards Debian  hipparchus2000 | 09/21/04
Walking on thin ice  rapson | 09/21/04
Hog wash...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
Guess again...  Physco Dude | 09/21/04
Can you say web commerance?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
web commerance?  B.O.F.H. | 09/21/04
You have no idea do you.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
Interesting theory, oh clueless one!  B.O.F.H. | 09/21/04
What ever you say tail rider...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/22/04
Message has been deleted.  B.O.F.H. | 09/22/04
Red Hat ain't in the crosshairs  quietLee | 09/21/04
Your fooling yourself if you think not.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
IBM Holding up OSS?  htotten | 09/21/04
Sue for WHAT?  mobrien_12@... | 09/21/04
Try reading the article.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
Read it yourself!  mobrien_12@... | 09/21/04
That's what Custard said...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/22/04
this is why people should move from MS Office  V Sanders | 09/25/04
I think many are missing the point here  zedmann | 09/21/04
Sony beats everyone else? How?  Anton Philidor | 09/21/04
Yeah, 100 millions will replace everything.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
Missing the point, gaian  zedmann | 09/21/04
And Transmetta makes...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/22/04
Wrong  Deletomn | 09/23/04
More FUD  Fred Fredrickson | 09/21/04
More FUD?  zedmann | 09/21/04
Three words: VBA  amicus_curious | 09/22/04
All Looking At Reflection Of Same Fire.  ParadigmOdyssey | 09/21/04
Look at it this way........  Freejack_z | 09/22/04
what infringes on their patent or copyright?  bspilde@... | 09/22/04
No one wants to look out of fear.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/22/04
Reverse is true too  voska | 09/22/04
the ability to read and write ms's patented doc standard  V Sanders | 09/25/04
Lawyers are modern societies' terrorists  nomadh | 09/22/04
More than that  rapson | 09/22/04
As Usual Microsoft Works Hard to Keep US in PC Dark Ages  brenthawkinsmd | 09/22/04
Um, clue, Microsoft has done nothing with this. Yet.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/22/04
oh they are though no ax, they are (NT)  V Sanders | 09/25/04
The basic problem is the US patent low  laci2126 | 09/26/04
Your point is?  richdave | 10/03/04

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