>> M$ doesn't *own* Novell. They merely agreed in principle to cooperate 
>> in their design strategies. That's all. SuSE is still powered by OSS 
>> and so on and so forth.
> 
> It's crippled with M$ tech and IP, like mono and all tools which more 
> and more depend on it.  That's what Ballmer meant by Linux using M$ IP.

Er... Mono is an free reimplementation of M$ proprietry technology to 
allow people to use it without being tied to M$?

Isn't that like complaining that including a free Java implementation is 
"crippling the system with Sun IP"?

>> How do you even pronounce that? [Not that it matters I guess...]
> 
> there's an ogg video of Nelson Mandela -- as if you would know who is he 
> -- in the Examples directory.  He speaks about the ancient Ubuntu 
> african concept...

Uh, yes, I think I *might* have slightly heard of Mr Mandela. :-P

> (Ooboontoo, emphasis on middle syllable, t pronounced kinda like in 
> "bottle")

OK.

>> Isn't DeCSS illegal?
> 
> is it legal to make backup copies of stuff you buy?  Is it legal to get 
> rid of stupid mechanisms that don't play well with OSes that don't act 
> according to the RIAA and others best interests?
> 
> You can make up your own mind or just follow their rules...

Fact: The law is the law, regardless of what it "right" or not.

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