On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 11:22:09AM +0200, Georg C. F. Greve wrote:
Hi all,
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:16:14 +0100 Rui Miguel Silva Seabra rms@1407.org wrote:
rmss> I read the events as Neelie Kroes having sold herself out.
While there are groups and people putting out that message, it isn't exactly helpful or necessarily true. I would recommend
No, it's not. But it's either that or an ingenuity that doesn't fit the part of a regulator, specially one who seemed to be so angry at Microsoft's attempt to make a mockery of the process.
I've read it. It confirmed the worst fears.
and in particular
http://walkingwithelephants.blogspot.com/2007/10/half-loaf.html
for further reading, which analyses the situation pretty well.
The patent provisions are obviously insufficient for Free Software, and thus Samba.
They are also insuficient for any business that could be made.
So ultimately this was a step in the right direction, but more work remains to be done.
It was a step, but quite far from the "juice" Neil Armstrong's famous phrase had :)
Rui