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From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb>
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Subject: Re: The halloween document again.
In-Reply-To: <19981103131749.R354@freebie.lemis.com> from Greg Lehey at "Nov 3, 98 01:17:49 pm"
To: grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey)
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 19:10:37 -0800 (PST)
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Greg Lehey wrote:
> 
> That's only part of the story.  The report also recommends:
> 
> > Fold extended functionality into commodity protocols / services and
> > create new protocols
> >
> >       Linux's homebase is currently commodity network and server
> >       infrastructure. By folding extended functionality
> >       (e.g. Storage+ in file systems, DAV/POD for networking) into
> >       today's commodity services, we raise the bar & change the rules
> >       of the game.
> 
> I think that this would be significant ammunition against Microsoft in
> the suit.
> 

	 a court might cosnider this plan of "implement and extend"
	 to be innovation.....the technical issues and incompatiblilites
	 would not be relevant to a court

	 i aint a lawyer, but i have seen one played on tv. ;)

jmb

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