Bryan Pfaffenberger � professor de Tecnologia, Cultura e Comunica��o da Universidade de Virg�nia nos EUA. Ele analisa a recente campanha de FUDs da Microsoft contra a GPL, comparando este caso com a ascen��o da Amdahl na d�cada de 70, que amea�ou o modelo de neg�cios da IBM, na �poca e desvenda como as empresas de inform�tica conseguem manter seus monop�lios. http://noframes.linuxjournal.com/articles/currents/0032.html * Microsoft can't play its "embrace and extend" game with GPL-licensed software because the company can't appropriate and modify the code. If Linux had been released under the BSD license, Microsoft would have probably already released a version of Linux, Linux++ or Linux# or L-Nux, with a variety of maddeningly incompatible oddities that taken together would make it even more difficult to develop applications for Linux. * A GPL-licensed application pool is indeed forming around Linux, and Microsoft can't figure out how to attack it. You can't attack the companies, because--as Eazel recently proved--the software's still around, even if the company shuts down or gives up on the product. []s -- Edgard Lemos [EMAIL PROTECTED] Usu�rio Linux n� 135479 Assinantes em 29/06/2001: 2289 Mensagens recebidas desde 07/01/1999: 120620 Historico e [des]cadastramento: http://linux-br.conectiva.com.br Assuntos administrativos e problemas com a lista: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
