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Date:      Mon, 2 Nov 1998 08:30:46 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com>, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
Cc:        wes@softweyr.com, scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk, licia@o-o.org, jcwells@u.washington.edu, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Internet Explorer and UNIX
Message-ID:  <19981102083046.H19187@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981101163444.00980100@genesis.ispace.com>; from Drew Baxter on Sun, Nov 01, 1998 at 04:35:04PM -0500
References:  <199811011941.MAA23590@usr05.primenet.com> <19981031113411.W5846@freebie.lemis.com> <199811011941.MAA23590@usr05.primenet.com> <19981102080413.G19187@freebie.lemis.com> <4.1.19981101163444.00980100@genesis.ispace.com>

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On Sunday,  1 November 1998 at 16:35:04 -0500, Drew Baxter wrote:
> At 08:04 AM 11/2/98 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote:
>> On Sunday,  1 November 1998 at 19:41:50 +0000, Terry Lambert wrote:
>>>> I don't think that's being creative.  We don't know how much Netscape
>>>> code is in IE, but Microsoft has abused Java code in there in
>>>> violation of the licensing restrictions.  In my book, that's piracy.
>>>
>>> By all means, let's artificially limit the number of applications
>>> that appear to run on FreeBSD by imposing political agendas
>>> unrelated to the agenda of FreeBSD advocacy, and unrelated to
>>> as yet unresolve court decisions.
>>
>> 1.  This stuff doesn't run on FreeBSD.
>> 2.  I don't care too much about court decisions.  The evidence I've
>>    seen leaves no doubt that Microsoft is in deliberate breach of
>>    contract with Sun over the Java content.  In my book, that's
>>    piracy.
>
> Got a URL to show this?  I'm suddenly interested..

The only one I have offhand is
http://www.sunworld.com/swol-03-1998/swol-03-microjustice.html.  You
could also check the DOJ stuff, or go to Yahoo! and search for
Microsoft and Sun.  This stuff has been all over the media for the
past year or so--where've you been?

Greg
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