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To: Dinesh who wrote (108770)5/1/2000 2:44:00 AM
From: Goutam  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1571351
 
Dinesh,

< Of course had it been the other way around, RedHat would have been after Microsoft's throat. Normal business practices, I should add. >

If it had been the other way around (assuming MS issued its OS under a license similar to GPL), REDHAT would be supplying the MS CDs!!! Why would they complain? They are not in the business of developing any OS. They are just a value added supplier of an open OS that can be distributed only under GPL.

Goutama



To: Dinesh who wrote (108770)5/1/2000 8:22:00 AM
From: minnow68  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1571351
 
Dinesh,

You wrote "All it did was shift the cost. Mexico still had to spend $$$ to dupe the CDs."

I believe the MSFT quote was license only. IOW, Mexico still would have had to dupe the CDs.

You wrote "Of course had it been the other way around, RedHat would have been after Microsoft's throat"

What precisely do you think RedHat would have done if it looked they they were going to lose an eighty dollar sale?

Mike


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