You accuse him of name calling to make his pointless case, but then you resort to the same tactic. At first you were winning the debate, but at this point it just took a turn and Eagle boy is one step above.
Please, I'm facing enough personal attacks as it is. Thanks.
It's going to sound like that, and I accept that as part of the drill. The case involves them, and so the terms "IBM" and "linux" are going to appear at regular intervals throughout my comments. So be it.
It's accurate to say that I am rooting for IBM, in this lawsuit. I hope they deck those lawyers, and get through to them personally, and leave them in personal bankruptcy. I hope that because everything I see points to a coven of shysters conducting an extortion-by-lawsuit. I hate it when that happens.
I do admire the company, not because I ever worked there but because I competed against the b*st*rds for many years. They're tough. That's OK. I didn't expect anything else from them.
You will not find any comments from me saying that UNIX sucks, or that SCO products suck, or that Microsoft products suck -- or that any of those things are a threat to the Republic. I would argue that trial lawyers who strip entire industries and leave everybody in them bankrupt are a threat to the Republic. I see that starting here, and I don't like it. There is no end to these IP lawsuits. This is tobacco and asbestos all over again. The only thing that will stop it is if the first guys in get decked but good, and sent fleeing for the hills with less money than they came in with. I sincerely hope that happens here. And if it's IBM that does it, good for them.