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To: SC who wrote (45379)	5/25/2000 7:14:00 PM
From: cheryl williamson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

open source licensing for Windows ala Linux would be ok with me. Public domain would be better because it doesn't have the sordid history behind it that Windows does. Yes, I know it's protected by ip laws. However, M$FT has broken the law & I see expropriation of that property as a good remedy. BTW: it's APPL's design for their hardware that counts. They can sub out anything they want but it's their design and their expense that goes into making it. Your argument about that is pointless.

To: SC who wrote (45379)	5/25/2000 7:28:00 PM
From: JC Jaros	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Regarding OSS as not public domain: If it weren't for Gates and M$ being so twisted up with the scorched earth embrace and extend business practice, guys like Linus Torvolds wouldn't NEED to seek Copyright protection. It's all largely protection from being userped, embraced and extended by Microsoft! Look at the extraordinary lengths Sun had to go to to protect Java. Look what M$ just attempted with Kerberos. --- If Microsoft were a country, there'd be no folk music. -JCJ