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I agree that no one is safe from the trolls, but I think the one thing that might make them safer is that there's little/no money in suing an open source developer. As that's their real goal (there's a 0% chance any of these companies will use the patents otherwise), most OS is safe.
RedHat, the OS parts of Oracle, and other profitable OS companies not included in the above.
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TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: is that there's little/no money in suing an open source developer
That is simplistic.
Many larger popular open source projects are specifically supported by companies (ones with money) even to the extent that some developers work full time on open source development.
Additionally there are many, many more companies (again with money) that use open source software.
Both can be targeted.
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jschell wrote: Many larger popular open source projects are specifically supported by companies (ones with money) even to the extent that some developers work full time on open source development.
Like the ones I mentioned?
Still, for these vultures, it's far easier to go after mid-sized companies that make a fair bit of change (thus them going after NewEgg and not Google) than for them to target RedHat or MariaDB or most other open source companies.
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TTFN - Kent
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Open source guys are more likely to fight on principle (and to the death).
These monsters prey on people who look at the bottom line, and realise that it will cost more to fight than pay up.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Video[^]
SFW - clip from channel 9 breakfast show someone sent me - you have to watch right to the end for the big laugh (well, I thought it was funny!)
MVVM # - I did it My Way
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Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011
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(That's an 'M')
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hehe... I saw this live. Still funny!!
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Yep - I don't think I've ever seen anyone just walk off set like that before!
MVVM # - I did it My Way
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Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011
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(That's an 'M')
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Even before clicking the link I knew it would be him. A massive bogan dickhead who can't even pronounce his own surname correctly.
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He speaks very highly of you 
I don't know him - don't watch hat show in particular, or , in fact channel 9 in general
MVVM # - I did it My Way
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Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011
.\\axxx
(That's an 'M')
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Really? I'm surprised Damian. I thought a negative IQ was a prerequisite for watching breakfast tv
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It's good for background noise and to keep tabs on the traffic situation before I head onsite... Sometimes it's amusing... sometimes it's cringeworthy...
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I thought that was quite funny
MVVM # - I did it My Way
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Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011
.\\axxx
(That's an 'M')
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In an uncomfortable, this man shouldn't open his mouth in public every again, kind of way?
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No, in a "Hey, that's an amusing Dali Lama joke" -
and in the
Hey - that bloke really thought the dali Lama's english was good enough to get it?
and
At least he could laugh at himself afterwards.
MVVM # - I did it My Way
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Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011
.\\axxx
(That's an 'M')
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That was great! 
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"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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Well, I'm getting my holiday weekend started an hour early. I'll catch you all on the flip side!  Have a great Thanksgiving weekend, enjoy yourselves, and be safe. Those of you who don't celebrate/recognize this holiday, have a great rest of the week and weekend.
djj55: Nice but may have a permission problem
Pete O'Hanlon: He has my permission to run it.
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I'll be boarding a flight soon as well... oh airports during the holidays... 
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Someone at work mailed me this[^]. No matter what this sign was intended for, there only can be one answer.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
I hold an A-7 computer expert classification, Commodore. I'm well acquainted with Dr. Daystrom's theories and discoveries. The basic design of all our ship's computers are JavaScript.
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Brilliant. 
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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Well I guess JFK, MLK, et al also died from that.
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What a wonderful start for the day! Thanks for posting. 
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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