[Novalug] Is Microsoft dying???

[Jay Hart]

>   On 10/29/2010 11:40 AM, The Doctor wrote:
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>> On 10/28/2010 09:26 PM, Peter Larsen wrote:
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>>> FUD from corporations like Microsoft. Does anyone here remember the
>>> performance battle between MS and Linux on Samba and Apache?
>> Or MySQL vs. PostgreSQL vs. SQLserver.. because the license of SQLserver
>> specifically forbids benchmarking.  Or at least it did when people tried
>> to do so eight to ten years ago.
>>
>> SQLserver 2k5 forbids benchmarking without prior written permission:
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:-9_FWSYWAN4J:download.microsoft.com/documents/useterms/SQL%2520Server%2520Developer_2005_English_808a2d55-5413-45ac-ab1e-359ce9727a26.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESh75sKEv23Jw54okcWAP1P7UXEd5lx7GQ2SHENv3tYievpC4sXUkW2eC9GM92QmUWehfAMKJXJhl6QP_xiudV84e097YSo_Y2OHmDVdyid0oSgAWKLdWHLPJZYTLyv2g3j0_PvL&sig=AHIEtbR5_lIMW1tapqpEDscWiwibOzz-tQ
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> This is most likely Unenforceable and a Restraint of Trade. Most likely
> the only true "Remedy" they would have is refusing to allow whoever did
> this to be a customer.
>
> Any three people could get together, form a dummy corporation and do
> this. M$ might even win a judgment and be able to "seize their entire
> assets, but there really wouldn't be any to speak of.
>
Sounds like fun. I'm in...

Now just need a few others to join.

Jay

> And the publicity would be terrible...M$ afraid to put their products to
> the test.
>
> Heck their may even be Government regulations that require software to
> be tested and evaluated...and guess which ones would win out?
>
> JIM
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