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Leaderships wins the dayLets us not waste our energies on pointless arguments over exactly how many ways the linux has infringed on other people’s intellectual property.
The facts have already been proven, and numerous people have made declarations in public about the level of corruption that is systemic and prevalent in that  particular ‘development community’.
Prominent and respected businessmen, such as Steve Ballmer CEO. of Microsoft, have already been generous enough to state that the evidence exists, and even  enumerate the magnitude of this vilemisdeed.
But nobody is threatening to sue anyone .. or argue over the who is toblame, there is no childish ‘Witch Hunt’ in progress here.
When one stands on the edge of a smoking crater, the scene of ahorrific passenger aeroplane accident, a Leader will not run about cursing all and sundry for  their part in this tragedy - NAY - ALeader stands up and admits that a dark day has fallen upon us, but is discrete about the details. The bodies of the  fallen are covered, and discussions with next of Kin are kept private. It is enough to know that ‘235 brave souls have lost their lives on this day’, and  that is enough for us to know.
And so it is that Steve Ballmer has shown both Leadership and Discretion of the highest order in this situation. The proven magintude of the crime has been  made public, however the details are kept respectfully at arms length. In so doing, Microsoft is performing a huge service for the linux developers, in not  shining the lamp ofthe accuser too brightly upon their guilty brows … in effect, giving them a second chance to direct some of their energies towards a  more productive future path.
It is an act of the highest nobility that is rarely seen in this day and age.
No, the real issue at hand here is - NOW that it is well known that things have gone wrong, HOW can we restructure relationships in this industry such that  their is a way forward to a productive future ? Wecan also look to Novell it seems as bastion of noble intention and Leadership in this industry.
The Novell-Microsoft pact is a template for all future relationships in the IT industry, with all players in the industry purchasing prepaid IP royalty  credits from Microsoft. This makes the entire question of IP manageable at last, and streamlines all future IT business in a way that truly benefits  everyone.

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