On 25/06/07, Kris Douglas <webbox.uk(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: *Begins to burn, slowly.* Microsoft knows feck all about the GPL all they Interestingly I did a similar post on the Gllug mailing list and the discussion is a hive of activity, apparently, so I read, MS has been distributing stuff under the GPL for some time now. Exactly what is not mentioned so I'm just as wise as you. There's also a prediction that MS will produce a Linux Kernel OS in 2008 or there abouts. I've been following slashdot for two or three weeks now and there's definitely something brewing MS has approached just about everyone now with regards to some form of partnership be it Patent agreements or even closer ties. As we all know Vista has been a bit of a flop, MS is at then end of the road as far as Windows is concerned so as a business they need an alternative product to carry them forward. I'm not saying they'd go bust over night but to get back on track with the kinds of revenue they attained with 98, 2000 and XP its time to diversify. -- Regards Dick Turpin Arch Linux is an independent i686-optimized community distribution for intermediate and advanced Linux users. Utilising a Rolling Release System packages are regularly updated and an ISO release is just a snapshot to the stable packages at that time. So there's no need for a fresh install the command 'pacman –Syu' upgrades the whole system.

On 25/06/07, ArchLinuxUser dick_turpin <dick_turpin(a)archlinux.us&gt; wrote: If they comply with the licence terms of whatever software they distribute, then I don't see how anyone can have an issue with it. The copyright holders have the final say on what people can/can't do with their code, and if they release it under the GPL, then they can't complain if people re-distribute under the terms of the GPL. If they don't comply with the licence, then that's a whole other issue. Russ