From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Feb 5 08:21:56 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA07458 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 08:21:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fellspt.charm.net (fellspt.charm.net [199.0.70.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA07452 for ; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 08:21:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from treecat@charm.net) Received: from charm.net (balt-union-059.charm.net [209.143.126.59]) by fellspt.charm.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id LAA02363 for ; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 11:21:52 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <36BB1AA3.DACBEB50@charm.net> Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 11:21:55 -0500 From: Dutch X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: Free & standards must be patented by MS$ References: <36BB1103.8046E0B7@charm.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org figgers i would forget something while being P%$#%-off. i bought red hat 5.2 at best buys (balto MD). I really think that the packaging, up front placement of said package is good for RH linux sales - MS$ was nowhere in sight. Maybe, a little marketing sucess for HR will spill over to FreeBSD. Just a thought. -dutch/quasimoto Dutch wrote: > > Microsoft Questioned Over Web Standards Patents > BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, U.S.A., 1999 FEB 4 (Newsbytes) -- By Adam > Creed, Newsbytes. An international coalition of Web developers has > questioned whether a patent held by Microsoft gives the company > control over Web standards created by the World Wide Web Consortium > (W3C). > > complete story: > http://andovernews.com/cgi-bin/news_story.pl?121583 > > -dutch/quasimoto > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message