From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,c9ea66d3dcd0bfcf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-07 08:45:15 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!skynet.be!news1.ebone.net!news.ebone.net!newsfeeds.net.uni-c.dk!uninett.no!ntnu.no!randhol+abuse From: randhol+abuse@pvv.org (Preben Randhol) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] XML/Ada 0.5 released Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 15:45:14 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <9d6dmc$24v$1@nh.pace.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 989250314 26244 129.241.83.82 (7 May 2001 15:45:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 15:45:14 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.0 (Linux) Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7265 Date: 2001-05-07T15:45:14+00:00 List-Id: On Mon, 7 May 2001 11:06:51 -0400, Marin David Condic wrote: > I thought the English translation of "Embrace And Extend" was "Engulf And > Devour" :-) > > I definitely get the feeling that Micro$oft is running scared because of > things like Linux, etc. Just goes to show that the American Free Enterprise > System doesn't always need anti-trust suits in order to remain in fine > working order. Yes it does. The only reason why Linux isn't already bought and devoured by Microsoft, is that it isn't something you can buy. It is unattainable so they are now sucking their thumb and crying : "Mammy, Mammy! I don't like GPL. It is nice as I won't get so much money for my crappy software anymore! It forces me to make something that works!" It isn't for nothing that Sun bought and released the source code of Star Office. What they want is to get an alternative to M$ Office, because if they do get that then people can start uninstalling Windows and install other OSes. Now "everybody" needs to have Windows because they get documents in Word or Powerpoint format. It isn't for nothing either that Micro$oft won't use an open file format for Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc.., nor make a port to Linux and other Unices... -- Preben Randhol ------------------- http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- �For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.�