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Old 05-14-2007   #17 (permalink)
JoshJ
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Default Re: Microsoft Says Open Source Violates 235 Patents

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Originally Posted by marsmissionaries View Post
If MS died, the US economy would collapse.
No it wouldn't.

In fact, it'd give the US's economy a kick in the pants in the tech sector as demand for IT people and programmers would go through the roof as companies scrambled to make their windows-only apps cross-platform and old Microsoft shops make the switch on their next upgrade cycle for the next 5 years or so.
“There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.”- Robert Green Ingersoll
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