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   §ñühw¤£f to All   
   Re: Arguing over who owns the code...   
   13 Apr 07 14:23:19   
   
   From: snuhwolf5150@hotmail.com   
      
   m4rcone@xs4a11.nl pinched out a steaming pile   
   of<461e5d7f$0$322$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>:   
      
   >???hw??f  wrote:   
   >> probably some other BeOS fans have seen the controversy about   
   YellowTab   
   >> never getting rights to the BeOS source?   
   >> Its too bad this has to happen...it might kill off the development   
   >> activities of folks like Vasper who worked on BeOS MAX...   
   >> BeOS should have been open sourced right after they won their case   
   >> against M$...   
   >   
   >You seem to be somewhat unaware of the facts. Pesky little things,   
   those...   
   >- Be didn't win a case against Microsoft, they settled.   
   >- At the time of the settlement, the code was no longer owned by Be.   
      
   Well sure I'm not a font of knowledge ;0)   
      
   Nice to know someone is still thinking about BeOS...   
      
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