[Wolves] Hi.

[Jono Bacon]

Jees...wish I had'nt asked. :D

This is mad stuff...hope it all works out OK for you.

   Jono


--- Simon Howes <howesey@blargoc.co.uk> wrote:
> Because I'm a share holder of Element14.  Ok, I'm
> sure many of you have
> heard of Acorn Computers.  A few years ago Acorn
> Computers went out of
> buisness, but there was a problem.  Acorn Computers
> owned such companies
> such as ARM, RISCOS (that OS Linus whats his name
> admitted to copying the
> code for, tut tut), PSION (The ex-PDA people), Arcam
> (sweet ass hi-fi
> company)... the list can go on and on.  To keep
> these companies alive they
> formed Element14 which is a consortium of people,
> which I'm a member of.
> Tada!
> 
> So why do M$ want me?
> 
> 1) Because M$ say they invented the GUI. (my gosh!!)
>  RISCOS was in a 16bit
> GUI when x86 Windows was stuck in 8bit command
> prompt.  Umm.
> Element14 have a lot of backing towards this from
> many companies such as
> Apple, SUN, Cray, IBM etc.  Apple actually worked
> with Acorn with their GUI
> by inventing the mouse.  Which M$ claim is their
> invention and Apple are
> currently halfway through a court case trying to
> prove M$ right, but guess
> what, the Judge is an ex-M$ fanboy.
> 2) JAVA!!  yay!! M$ claimed they owned all rights to
> it.  they even started
> altering the code to suit windows only (we all
> should know JAVA is a
> multiplatform language).  a few months back Sun on
> behalf of Element14 sent
> M$ to court (as Element14 has no money).  The case
> took 7 weeks.  SUN won
> then Element14 took SUN to court, the case took 30
> minutes.  Hehe.  It was
> all pre-planned by SUN and E14.
> 
> There are actually more cases.  These ones are just
> some of the latest.
> 
> 
> So M$ for some unknown reason want to sue [typo, i
> dunno] anyone that is
> related to E14 (i have heard my name is on M$'s
> lists) for damages, hurting
> Mr. BG's feelings (yeah, one member has already been
> sent to court for that
> *crazy*) etc.  Even Tim "God of the Web" Berners-Lee
> is being sent to court
> as he is a firm member of E14.
> 
> -----
> Simon "howesey" Howes
> 
> PR Manager
> www.blargoc.co.uk
> 
> 
> > > I'm also waiting for Micro$oft to send me to
> court
> > > when I turn 18.  Don't
> > > ask.   :D
> >
> > Let me ask.... ;D So what's all this about?
> >
> >    Jono
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > =====
> > Jono Bacon - http://jono.dyndns.org/
> > KDE Developer - Freelancer - Musician
> 
> 
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KDE Developer - Freelancer - Musician

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