I am more in mind that if you have a ( AOL-Warner? ) set-top cable/broadband device that doesn't use M$ software, or a home-control device that doesn't use M$ software - or VNC type software when M$ gets around to it , after browsers, media players, etc. Microsoft - "If you buy our remote desktop, your legal department doesn't do their panic thing." This is enough to prevent admins in some large orgs from using VNC.
This was posted on another list ( network operators ) and VNC was considered by many of the replies to be "made illegal" by these words. You can feel good that your software is popular enough to come to mind as threatened! bye, Bruce Williams REDMOND, WAIn what CEO Bill Gates called "an unfortunate but necessary step to protect our intellectual property from theft and exploitation by competitors," the Microsoft Corporation patented the numbers one and zero Monday. In an address beamed live to billions of people around the globe Monday, Gates expressed confidence that his company's latest move will, ultimately, benefit all humankind. "Think of this as a partnership," Gates said. "Like the ones and zeroes of the binary code itself, we must all work together to make the promise of the computer revolution a reality. As the world's richest, most powerful software company, Microsoft is number one. And you, the millions of consumers who use our products, are the zeroes." > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alex K. > Angelopoulos > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 2:51 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Newbie question > > > The short story is, XP could be theoretically converted into > a simultaneous > multi-user graphical OS. They want to make sure they get > paid for access if > anyone does. In any case, on Windows VNC does what NetMeeting, Remote > Assistance, and the Remote Desktop features do, so this > doesn't apply to it. > > It's a pity, since I'd just *love* to see someone try to ban > an Open Source > application. It would be a bit like trying to bail out a > boat with a fork.... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bruce Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Vnc-List (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, 2002-04-22 02:34 > Subject: Newbie question > > > > What is the word here about Microsoft, VNC and XP? > > > > From > > http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/02/03/18/020318oplivingston.xml > > Microsoft's XP license agreement says, "Except as otherwise permitted by > the NetMeeting, Remote Assistance, and Remote Desktop features described > below, you may not use the Product to permit any Device to use, access, > display, or run other executable software residing on the Workstation > Computer, nor may you permit any Device to use, access, display, or run the > Product or Product's user interface, unless the Device has a separate > license for the Product." > > > bye, > Bruce Williams > "Asking the wrong questions is the leading cause of wrong answers" > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
