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Re: Linux user Google infringes patent in April 22 US ruling... all Linux users liable

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bbgruff wrote:

> On Sunday 24 April 2011 11:49 RayLopez99 wrote:
>
>> On Apr 23, 11:12 pm, bbgruff <bbgr...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>> On Saturday 23 April 2011 12:00 RayLopez99 wrote:
>>>
>>> > You cannot really think that Linux is free of all patent claims can
>>> > you?  Something that begs, borrows and steals ideas and code from
>>> > others?  Linux is only useful as long as it remains under the radar
>>> > screen--and that would be 1% market share or less.  As soon as it
>>> > rises above that level, it gets Whac-A-Mole'd by the rightful patent
>>> > holders and vested interests (as well it should).
>>>
>>> Actually Ray, Linux has well over 90% "Market Share" - assuming that you 
> are
>>> talking of instances of OSs being distributed.
>>> This has been the case for a while.
>>> Does that in any way change your argument?
>> 
>> Actually, the Germans won WWII if you are talking about the Germans
>> post-WWII, economically speaking, and you are taking about the number
>> of battles won by the Germans compared to the Russians, though the
>> Russians ended up winning the war by conventional definitions.
>> 
>> Spin noted.
>
> No, I wasn't talking about Germans, I wasn't talking about Russians, I 
> wasn't talking about WWII, and I wasn't talking about my grandmother's dead 
> parrot.
>
> I was talking about Linux, and the fact that instances of Linux in the world 
> now outnumber instances of Widows by about an order of magnitude.
> Have you any comment to make on the subject, or would you prefer that I 
> start a new thread for you re. my grandmother's dead parrot?

Was it a Norwegian Blue, by any chance? 

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Linux user Google infringes patent in April 22 US ruling... all Linux users liable RayLopez99 <raylopez88@gmail.com> - 2011-04-22 15:01 -0700
  Re: Linux user Google infringes patent in April 22 US ruling... all Linux users liable JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-04-22 18:06 -0500
    Re: Linux user Google infringes patent in April 22 US ruling... all Linux users liable RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2011-04-22 23:55 +0000
  Re: Linux user Google infringes patent in April 22 US ruling... all Linux users liable anonymous <me@thisdesk.com> - 2011-04-22 18:51 -0500
    Re: Linux user Google infringes patent in April 22 US ruling... all Linux users liable RayLopez99 <raylopez88@gmail.com> - 2011-04-23 04:00 -0700
      Re: Linux user Google infringes patent in April 22 US ruling... all Linux users liable anonymous <me@thisdesk.com> - 2011-04-23 09:52 -0500
        Re: Linux user Google infringes patent in April 22 US ruling... all Linux users liable RayLopez99 <raylopez88@gmail.com> - 2011-04-24 03:58 -0700
      Re: Linux user Google infringes patent in April 22 US ruling... all Linux users liable bbgruff <bbgruff@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-04-23 17:12 +0100
        Re: Linux user Google infringes patent in April 22 US ruling... all Linux users liable RayLopez99 <raylopez88@gmail.com> - 2011-04-24 03:49 -0700
          Re: Linux user Google infringes patent in April 22 US ruling... all Linux users liable flatfish+++ <flatfish@marianatrench.com> - 2011-04-24 14:21 -0400
          Re: Linux user Google infringes patent in April 22 US ruling... all Linux users liable bbgruff <bbgruff@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-04-24 23:48 +0100
            Re: Linux user Google infringes patent in April 22 US ruling... all Linux users liable William Poaster <wp@induh-vidual.net> - 2011-04-24 23:53 +0100
              Re: Linux user Google infringes patent in April 22 US ruling... all Linux users liable Big Steel <Steel9901x22@9901x22Steel.com> - 2011-04-24 19:00 -0400
                Re: Linux user Google infringes patent in April 22 US ruling... all Linux users liable owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2011-04-25 08:42 +0000
              Re: Linux user Google infringes patent in April 22 US ruling... all Linux users liable Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2011-04-24 19:39 -0400
            Re: Linux user Google infringes patent in April 22 US ruling... all Linux users liable RayLopez99 <raylopez88@gmail.com> - 2011-04-25 15:49 -0700
              Re: Linux user Google infringes patent in April 22 US ruling... all Linux users liable -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2011-04-25 18:02 -0700
  Re: Linux user Google infringes patent in April 22 US ruling... all Linux users liable 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2011-04-23 15:14 +0100
  Re: Linux user Google infringes patent in April 22 US ruling... all Linux users liable DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2011-04-23 18:57 -0400
    Re: Linux user Google infringes patent in April 22 US ruling... all Linux users liable flatfish+++ <flatfish@marianatrench.com> - 2011-04-23 22:29 -0400
      Re: Linux user Google infringes patent in April 22 US ruling... all Linux users liable DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2011-04-23 23:13 -0400
        Re: Linux user Google infringes patent in April 22 US ruling... all Linux users liable flatfish+++ <flatfish@marianatrench.com> - 2011-04-23 23:28 -0400
      Re: Linux user Google infringes patent in April 22 US ruling... all Linux users liable Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2011-04-24 10:45 +0200
        Re: Linux user Google infringes patent in April 22 US ruling... all Linux users liable flatfish+++ <flatfish@marianatrench.com> - 2011-04-24 04:58 -0400
    Re: Linux user Google infringes patent in April 22 US ruling... all Linux users liable JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-04-24 13:47 -0500

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