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To: dybdahl who wrote (67088)	4/11/2002 1:09:30 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

If it redefines Linux specs to include, "Windows compatible" and "Runs the most well known Microsoft applications" Then IMO, it also, weakens some of the provisions in the litigating states remedies. Wouldn't you agree? In his testimony, Shapiro said three provisions of the litigating states' remedy are essential to restoring competition. The first would compel Microsoft to license through auction its Office application suite for use on competing operating systems. "This provision directly attacks the applications barrier to entry by ensuring continued availability of Office on the Macintosh and by making Office available on other operating systems such as Linux," Shaprio said, referring directly to the litigating states' proposed remedy. news.com.com

To: dybdahl who wrote (67088)	4/11/2002 1:36:12 PM
From: Charles Tutt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that within six months Microsoft will add language to the software licenses it uses for applications to require that they be run only on machines with a valid Windows license. As a monopoly, what will stop them from doing so? JMHO. Charles Tutt (SM)

To: dybdahl who wrote (67088)	4/11/2002 1:38:48 PM
From: nommedeguerre	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

dybdahl, Like always, the shills miss the point. Being able to run Windows apps without Windows eliminates the need for Windows itself. Once the Windows OS monkey is off their backs the user will be reluctant to sign on again. What's important here is that every month it becomes easier to switch from Windows to Linux. Feature by feature, app by app, the momentum continues to build and in the end, FREE always wins. It will be interesting to see what happens when .NET and C# are "extended" by the Linux crowd in the same way that J++ "extended" Java. Pollution flows both ways... Cheers, Norm

To: dybdahl who wrote (67088)	4/15/2002 11:27:12 PM
From: Rusty Johnson	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74651

CrossOver Office works well. codeweavers.com Excel running on Linux ... it's a beautiful thing. Another nail in the Microsoft coffin. This product is going to make it easier for companies running Office 97 and Office 2000 to switch to Linux. They'll save millions of dollars by ditching the Windows OS. WINE is going to make Microsoft whine. But they can still sell MSFT Office. They'll only have to make up the revenue lost on Windows. Microsoft ... moldy, buggy, bloated TOAST!