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From: Marius Schamschula In-Reply-To: <5831FE03.2030207@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2016 13:53:16 -0600 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: References: <20161118113224.20964d7d.freebsd@edvax.de> <747a871c-4d34-7c06-0c04-4650f31bb6ce@FreeBSD.org> <14047.128.135.52.6.1479482907.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> <20161118165549.408e9a9f@archlinux.localdomain> <86zikv5mqu.fsf@WorkBox.homestead.org> <5831FE03.2030207@gmail.com> To: jd1008 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.6) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2016 19:55:53 -0000 Microsoft has a pattern of doing this sort of thing: See under SGI Fahrenheit (3D rendering) and Intergraph, to just name the = two I=92m most familiar with. Microsoft sucked out all the IP they could get and then dropped the = =93cooperation=94 with the other company, leaving the other company with = a broken standard. On Nov 20, 2016, at 1:48 PM, jd1008 wrote: > Dale!!! You spoke my mind :) :) :) >=20 > I smell a rat in this deal. >=20 > CONTROL is MS's ultimate goal. >=20 >=20 > On 11/20/2016 12:40 PM, Dale Scott wrote: >>> On Nov 19, 2016, at 11:16 AM, Brandon J. Wandersee = wrote: >>>=20 >>> Ralf Mardorf via freebsd-questions writes: >>>=20 >>>> Conspiracy theories are stupid. >>> fritter away weeks of precious mental effort trying >>> to figure out how it all fit into the grand Microsoft World = Domination >>> Plot. >> I think many people have trouble accepting that coincidence, = happenstance, momentum and happy accidents determine the course of = history at least as much as secret behind the scenes planning. >>=20 >> --- >> Dale R. Scott, P.Eng. >> Transparency with Trust >> Blog: http://www.dalescott.net >> LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/dalescott >> GitHub: https://github.com/dalers >>=20 >>> On Nov 19, 2016, at 11:16 AM, Brandon J. Wandersee = wrote: >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> Ralf Mardorf via freebsd-questions writes: >>>=20 >>>> Conspiracy theories are stupid. >>> Indeed. But this thread is just another example of how these things >>> always go. Satya Nadella could burn every inch of Redmond to ashes, >>> bequeath his personal fortune to HIV research and then hang himself, = and >>> people would still fritter away weeks of precious mental effort = trying >>> to figure out how it all fit into the grand Microsoft World = Domination >>> Plot. Eventually they'd just conclude that Nadella actually didn't >>> really do any of it, but was in reality set up by the NSA in = conjunction >>> with Google. >>>=20 >>> The Internet is one big bullshit farm. That's about the only = substantive >>> thing anyone can say in discussions like this. >>>=20 >>> --=20 >>> :: Brandon J. Wandersee >>> :: brandon.wandersee@gmail.com >>> :: -------------------------------------------------- >>> :: 'The best design is as little design as possible.' >>> :: --- Dieter Rams ---------------------------------- >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Marius -- Marius Schamschula