{"thread":{"id":"3205","subject":"gnu/linux sued for predatory business practices","startedAt":"2006-02-01T02:22:06Z","lastAt":"2006-02-01T19:33:43Z","messageCount":3,"participants":["walt","Petr Baudis","Radoslaw Szkodzinski"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"15360","messageId":"drp5vk$njt$1@sea.gmane.org","threadId":"3205","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"gnu/linux sued for predatory business practices","fromName":"walt","fromEmail":"wa1ter@myrealbox.com","sentAt":"2006-02-01T02:22:06Z","receivedAt":"2006-02-01T02:22:06Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"wa1ter@myrealbox.com","avatar":null},"body":"Relax!  This is just a joke.  Or is it?\n\nFast-forward a few years (the fewer the better) to\nthe time when gnu/linux is the dominant operating\nsystem in the world.  [For lawyers, 'the world' means\nthe USA, of course, where everyone is born a victim\nand must be programmed to honor and welcome his fate!]\n\nNow, when Micro$oft (eventually) takes its (natural)\nplace as a loser in the marketplace -- who will the\nlawyers be anxious to sue?\n\nAny and all reassurance will be most welcome :o)\n-- \n(Any responders should include a drunkeness index\nfrom 0 to 9.  /me=6)\n"},{"id":"15382","messageId":"20060201103808.GE31278@pasky.or.cz","threadId":"3205","inReplyTo":"drp5vk$njt$1@sea.gmane.org","subject":"Re: gnu/linux sued for predatory business practices","fromName":"Petr Baudis","fromEmail":"pasky@suse.cz","sentAt":"2006-02-01T10:38:08Z","receivedAt":"2006-02-01T10:38:08Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"pasky@ucw.cz","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/18439?v=4"},"body":"Dear diary, on Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 03:22:06AM CET, I got a letter\nwhere walt <wa1ter@myrealbox.com> said that...\n> Now, when Micro$oft (eventually) takes its (natural)\n> place as a loser in the marketplace -- who will the\n> lawyers be anxious to sue?\n\nWell, hopefully not git developers...? :-)\n\n-- \n\t\t\t\tPetr \"Pasky the on-topic\" Baudis\nStuff: http://pasky.or.cz/\nOf the 3 great composers Mozart tells us what it's like to be human,\nBeethoven tells us what it's like to be Beethoven and Bach tells us\nwhat it's like to be the universe.  -- Douglas Adams\n"},{"id":"15417","messageId":"43E10D17.6000709@gorzow.mm.pl","threadId":"3205","inReplyTo":"drp5vk$njt$1@sea.gmane.org","subject":"Re: gnu/linux sued for predatory business practices","fromName":"Radoslaw Szkodzinski","fromEmail":"astralstorm@gorzow.mm.pl","sentAt":"2006-02-01T19:33:43Z","receivedAt":"2006-02-01T19:33:43Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"astralstorm@gorzow.mm.pl","avatar":null},"body":"walt wrote:\n> Now, when Micro$oft (eventually) takes its (natural)\n> place as a loser in the marketplace -- who will the\n> lawyers be anxious to sue?\n\nPossible targets include FSF and especially OSDL.\nIs there any Linux Corp.? Maybe Linux Australia?\n\n-- \nGPG Key id:  0xD1F10BA2\nFingerprint: 96E2 304A B9C4 949A 10A0  9105 9543 0453 D1F1 0BA2\n\nAstralStorm\n\n"}]}