Finally, the ReiserFS journaling file system blazed many new trails when it was introduced and found wide adoption. Its evolution is now diminished because of the legal issues of its original author.

"Finally, the ReiserFS journaling file system blazed many new trails when it was introduced and found wide adoption. Its evolution is now diminished because of the legal issues of its original author.

I quite agree, its not like he loses his copyright because he is imprisoned

Does anyone know if Linux / XFS can read Irix disks, or if Linux / JFS can read AIX disks?

Even if the filesystems are on-disk compatible, I imagine there are endianness and incompatible logical volume management issues.

Yeah, but if you're the kind of person who refuses to use software from anybody you consider "evil"....I mean, if you're gonna lump Microsoft into that category, you have to do the same for Reiser ... right? ;-p

I find that a pretty daft thing to write. ReiserFS is still used by a great many people because it still does what it was designed to do very well, and there were more people involved with ReiserFS than Hans.

Microsoft has a track record of being derogatory about open source software at every turn

many people aren't just going to start liking Microsoft until they throw them a serious bone

Who do you think financed the SCO lawsuits?

Who do you think lobbied the US congress to make America's odious software patent laws even more odious?

Or who has been pouring millions into lobbyists pockets to get the European Commission to saddle Europe with software patents (so far, unsuccessfully)

And who forces computer manufacturers to buy a Windows license for every computer they sell, even if the customer doesn't want Windows pre-installed?

Who paid shills to post all sorts of messages to BBSs saying how lousy OS/2 was (and continues doing this to Linux)?

(and continues doing this to Linux)

And (though Microsoft denies it) there was that whole "NSA Key" thing, plus all the DRM stuff in Vista.

Microsoft has done its part to screw up the US's legal system, and keeps trying to screw up the legal systems of other countries.

And smash competition any way they can.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF) is the largest transparently operated[2] charitable foundation in the world, founded by Bill and Melinda Gates in 2000 and doubled in size by Warren Buffett in 2006. The primary aims of the foundation are, globally, to enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty, and, in the United States, to expand educational opportunities and access to information technology. The foundation, based in Seattle, Washington, is controlled by its three trustees: Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, and Warren Buffett. Other principal officers include Co-Chair William H. Gates, Sr. and Chief Executive Officer Patty Stonesifer. It has an endowment of US$38.7 billion as of December 31, 2007.[1]

Let me get this straight. Your definition of "Evil" is being "derogatory about open source software"? That really blows my mind...

http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight

They paid for top quality HD codecs (WAY beyond theora, which is the best out there in the oss world), said they wouldn't sue over use of technology they own, and helped out with development.

The big move inside the company to play well with its competitors, which we have already started seeing the results of

http://port25.technet.com/

An effort to help integrate linux into MS based environments

A list of open source businesses that Microsoft has partnered with.....

Microsofts hosted source code/community site for open source projects

Microsofts promise not to sue over use of a whole bunch of protocols and formats they own patents on

A whole bunch of people did. Microsoft paid sco money to liscence UNIX to make their UNIX tools

"The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF) is the largest transparently operated[2] charitable foundation in the world, founded by Bill and Melinda Gates in 2000 and doubled in size..............

Since we're talking about ReiserFS, which is open source, and this idiot is telling us ...

... that since he thinks that everybody thinks that Microsoft is evil we should stop using ReiserFS as well...... Does that blow your mind enough?

Ahhhhhhhh, Moonlight. If Silverlight ever gets to a critical mess, we'll come back and see how compatible Moonlight is then, OK? This is a technology where Microsoft is behind. I did mention track record, right?

Where is the source code, what is the license and who controls said codecs?

A promise not to sue, is just that. A promise, and a promise is not legally binding. Additionally, Moonlight has no codecs to speak of, and can only use ffmpeg currently.

No evidence of that happening. Contributions to Samba? Contributions to Open Office? You know, actual code?

I think you might want to take a look around and see if there is actually anything useful on there ;-).

Vice versa? Errrrr, no.

Show me the code ;-). I have yet to see anything of note come out of that for anyone apart from soundbites about how Microsoft is now so open source friendly.

That makes me feel so much better. The OSP is a promise and not a license, and legally speaking means zilch.

It also only applies to you if you take a piece of technology as-is, so if you embed it into another project that does something different, hmmmmm. That's not covered.

Hmmm. Congratulations. You've just violated the terms of service for OSNews.

Choke on your double-standard.

Moonlight IS part of that track record

Since when is contributing codec source code necessary to avoid being called "evil"?

Provide a link describing somebody that Microsoft has sued for patent infringement. I'd really like to read about it.

So what. When was the last time that the Samba developers contributed to Open Office? Or vice-versa?

Why is it necessary for devs to contribute to your pet projects in order to avoid being called "evil"?

Are all developers who don't contribute to Samba and Open Office "evil"? If not, why? You're twisting yourself into knots.

How about the source code for the .NET Framework?

Windows Services for Unix.

Apparently, you're not looking at all.

Show me ANYBODY that Microsoft has sued for patent infringement.

Red herring. OSP code is licensed to you with fairly generous terms

but it doesn't let you re-license the same source code separately; nor do you really NEED to do that at all.

You're just throwing any crap you can think of against the wall, and hoping that some of it will stick.