[NTLUG:Discuss] Internet Explorer?

[Mark Bickel]

> From discuss-admin at ntlug.org Thu May 17 12:23 CDT 2001
> Subject: Re: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Internet Explorer?
> To: discuss at ntlug.org
> From: "WILLIAM PEARSON" <WPEARSON at cyclix.com>
> Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 12:22:02 -0500

> Linux has if anything increased the level of freedom in computers due to 
> increasingly restrictive liscence agreements. So if you have found a bug,
> your able to fix it. If you do that with Windows, Microsoft can, and 
> probably will sue you, even though you own the software.

Well... No. According to M% licenses you don't own the software. The licenses
give you a _limited_ right to _use_ the software. Limited to number of machines,
number of clients that connect to it, for what purpose, whether they are internal
to your network/enterprise or external, etc.

This portends to only get worse with the new license schema for XP and .NET.
More good reasons for many to get off the upgrade merry-go-round and just say no.

Mark.Bickel at ericsson.com