RE: open source. was Closed system (was: PC connection via twinax ?)

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Mistake acknowledged.  Comment regarding "pissing wars" stands.

Note that the post you were replying to was actually sent early
yesterday morning, before you had clarified this for everyone.  Several
of my posts yesterday were off spinning somewhere "out there".

Dan Bale
IT - AS/400
Handleman Company
248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
D.Bale@Handleman.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Rehm [SMTP:javadisciple@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 11:15 AM
> To:   midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: open source. was Closed system (was: PC connection
> via twinax ?)
>
> Dan,
>     You have mistakenly combined two different threads. Nobody was
> contesting IBM's number of patents or their status as a filer.
>
> Bale, Dan wrote:
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> >Good grief, enough of the pissing wars already!
> >
> >FWIW, one or more of the AS/400 trade rag email newsletters reports
> this
> >every year.  IBM has received more patents than any other entity.
> >
>
> >
> >Can we please end this particular "patent" thread?  Please.
> >
> >Dan Bale
> >IT - AS/400
> >Handleman Company
> >248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
> >D.Bale@Handleman.com
> >  Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
> >  (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)
> >
>
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> Chris Rehm
> javadisciple@earthlink.net
> If you believe that the best technology wins the
> marketplace, you haven't been paying attention.