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[Fred A. Miller]

Davo Smith wrote:
> I see very little good in this announcement - it is just another
> company being stung by a ridiculous software patent. The only possibly
> good thing would be if this encourages MS to put some of its budget
> into  campaigning for the abolition of software patents (and making
> sure we never get landed with them over here in Europe). Then, maybe,
> we can get a few more Linux distros that can play mp3s, etc., 'out of
> the box', without having to pander to silly US patent rules...

Agreed, but KNOW that the truth is, MickySoft has been a VERY LARGE
promoter of software patents, so it's interesting when they get caught
stealing someone else's work. This doesn't mean that I don't agree with
you.....as to what MickySoft should do, but we both know they won't.

Fred

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