Re: Is really IBM a open source heavy supporter ??

From: John Thompson (john_at_starfleet.os2.dhs.org)
Date: 07/15/04

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    On 2004-07-14, B.Sathish Kumar <meet_sathishNOSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote:

    > If IBM is a real good supporter of OpenSource, i.e., GNU
    > , then why cannot it expire all its software patents, and support in a real
    > way.

    Perhaps you ought to be asking this of IBM, not usenet... 

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-John (john@os2.dhs.org)
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