Subj : SBBS/W32 Kermit SABOTAGE
To   : MICHEL SAMSON
From : Stephen Hurd
Date : Mon Nov 08 2004 08:06 pm

  Re: SBBS/W32 Kermit SABOTAGE
  By: MICHEL SAMSON to ALL on Sun Nov 07 2004 10:16:00

 > Hi everybody,
 > 
 >      About "Microsoft 0wnz U!" of November 6:
 > 
 >      Sometimes a SysOp who pretends to correct misinformation happens to
 > open the door to more misinformation, as for the following text & ~URL~:
 > 
 > SH> Microsoft will now allow you all to use...  ...  Kermit  ...
 > SH>
 > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/randz/proto
 > 
 >      Quoting the whole text for better clarity was hardly appropriate in
 > a case where it called for even more misleading content, most obviously:

Perhaps you missed the generous slathering of sarcasm I spread on that
message... and the implied criticism of Microsoft.  You are offering a GPL
incompatible licence to use protocols they didn't develop or have an IP rights
with.  Some of those standards are even older than Microsoft.

Microsoft IS ON THAT PAGE offering you the right to implement the Kermit
protocol in your program...

Apparently there's yet another misunderstanding here.

*sigh*
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