[NBLUG/talk] Linus responds to M$

[matt]

On Thursday 17 May 2007 09:40:03 Jack Smith wrote:
> On 5/17/07, Robert P. Thille <list-nblug-talk at rangat.org> wrote:
> > On May 16, 2007, at 9:29 PM, Tim Preston wrote:
> > > Without offering praise to the person let me say, "this is the person
> > > who has made millions, nay billions by wordsmithing around many
> > > rules or
> > > patents until he had enough money and power to quiet the
> > > complaints..."
> >
> > I don't understand.  Which "the person" are you talking about?  I
> > couldn't find your quoted text anywhere, and it's not clear to me
> > about whom you are speaking.  I certainly don't think Linus has made
> > billions by wordsmithing, and the article doesn't even mention Bill
> > G., who is the only person I can see where the quote applies.
> >
> > Robert
> >
> >
> >From context and title, I would asume it to be something Linus has said
>
> about Bill...  But I can't find the quote either.
> Jack

Uh... I have a feeling that wasn't literally a quote. Many people use 
quotation marks to represent figurative speech in text (or to create certain 
tones).

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Matt
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