Steinman characterized the deal as good for the open source movement, and referred to it as the deal that "put Linux in Walmart and Nationwide Bank" (Umm, Walmart already had Linux Justin - don't know about Nationwide off the top of my head), and we all know sometimes Justin has a gift for making bombastic statements, fumbling his words or spinning the words of others, so it is alway precarious to base our speculation on Justin's statements.
It would be interesting to see some charts, based on some long-term study, comparing the general health (blood pressure, BMI etc.) of people who use proprietary stuff and people who do not
In the case of Rust, instead of "the liberation of the digital society" we have empowerment of Microsoft GitHub and of GAFAM in general. Guess who funds this...
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Roy Schestowitz
2007-05-24 08:19:50
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070524/tc_infoworld/88804;_ylt=ArgeHJ2EfyFte1wawVRe4qcjtBAF
Or here:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/05/23/novell_microsoft_defend_patent_deal_1.html
The link in in the item points at the EFF scoop.