Thread: Another proof Elop is a trojan horse
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Originally Posted by keflex View Post
i'd like to object to the use of the word proof in the title of this thread
I'd like to object to the title "Sir" being used in some people's names! Ooo... deja vu!

Originally Posted by BigBadGuber! View Post
You have to give Elop 3 years before you judge him. He inherited a company in disarray, sort of like Obama cleaning up after Bush. And just like a Tea Party fundamentalists are trying to undo Obama efforts, there will be NOKIA dead wood obstructing and criticizing Elop plans.
Originally Posted by BigBadGuber! View Post
As I said above, judge him after 3 years. Every change brings anxiety, and pessimism.

Where did I write "I wont be wrong"?
Originally Posted by BigBadGuber! View Post
Three years is reasonable. He has a plan. Let him execute it.
Is three years a magic number or is there some sort of sense to it? Seems like you picked an arbitrary number and method upon which to judge bad decisions. Do you mind elaborating on how your magic method works? Here I thought that the intended outcome of locking Nokia's lips to Microsoft's anus was both unsanitary as well as repulsive--I'm pretty sure I don't have to wait three years to make that call.

Originally Posted by switch-hitter View Post
If you genuinely have some information that suggests MeeGo would be effected please share it with us.

groklaw has repeatedly warned that M$ are trying to use Novell to seed patented code into GNU/Linux but I was under the impression that was just about Mono which is easily removed.

M$ do like to make noises about GNU/Linux breaching their patents but whenever Mark Shuttleworth challenges them to say which ones there's never a response.

I seriously doubt M$ have anything significant on GNU/Linux or else we would have seen it used against Canonical.
You'll notice that Microsoft STILL hasn't won any such patent cases even against HTC regarding Android, nevermind Linux and kernel. Microsoft often likes to strike up the war drums and litigate about patents and that sometimes leads to licensing settlements whether they're authentic or not.

I think the point he was trying to make is that if MeeGo ever does get popular enough, even THOSE handset makers would be similarly threatened.
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