Re: [Sheflug] ShefLUG - May/June 2008 Meeting

[Tim Dobson <personalwebsite@xxxxxxxx>]

Bob Mottram wrote:

> One gentle way to deal with these knuckle dragging MS fanboys is to
> ask them if they ever use Google.  If they do they're using open
> source, and Google is not a small or unsuccessful company :-)

They are probably *using* it in the networking stack of Windows.
However they aren't benefiting from it in either Google *or* the Windows 
networking stack.

It is crucial to recognise the difference between whether they actually 
have any freedom from using something which is licenced in this way or 
whether they would have the same amount of freedom if they used Live Search.

Tim

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