Microsoft’s Brad Silverberg: “Cut Those F*ckers Off”
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2009-01-19 15:40:14 UTC
- Modified: 2009-01-19 15:40:14 UTC
"Microsoft retaliated against industry participants that supported DR-DOS. For example, when Z-Nix Inc. bundled DR-DOS 6.0 and Microsoft Windows 3.1, proclaiming no incompatibilities, Microsoft’s Brad Silverberg wrote: "look what znix is doing! cut those fuckers off." Within three weeks, Microsoft demanded an audit of Z-Nix’s entire business and then commenced a copyright and trademark infringement action. Z-Nix was forced to file for bankruptcy in or around 1995"
--Comes Petition [PDF]
This is worth bearing in mind in light of the following recent exhibits which refer to GNU/Linux:
