Maybe we could define the [ACPI] APIs so that they work well with NT and not the others even if they are open.
Or maybe we could patent something related to this.
Bill Gates, 1999, “the others” is Linux (Bill says so explicitly in this email, too.) Obviously, we find similar anti-Windows rethoric en masse on Linux mailing list, and obviously it's been a few years since — but I find myself asking if anything really changed in the top level of MS management, except perhaps that a few people realized that trying to make the Linux / FOSS crowd look like a ridiculous bunch of amateurs wouldn't work.
Comments
Wed, 10.03.2010 13:01
Peter, thanks for the pointer. I'm looking forward to where all this is going. I will, h owever, readily admit th [...]
Wed, 10.03.2010 12:02
I agree that the state of free end-to-end groupware systems is sad. You may be interested to share some of your f [...]
Fri, 05.03.2010 21:06
A1: 1 Endless Loop? A2: ?
Thu, 25.02.2010 14:09
I actually saw this implemente d in my sniffer the other day. Looks like Microsoft uses it to contact update server [...]
Fri, 05.02.2010 22:59
Ask on debian-user mailing lis t. (i.e don't turn debian-pla net into a support "mailing li st").