For the OPENMPE crowd:

I came across this on another mailing list.

An interesting take on 'discontinued operations' ...

Michel Adam

----- Original Message -----
From: Merton Campbell Crockett <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, October 3, 2003 7:51 am
Subject: Re: Wind River news release...

> On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
> > > http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-5085681.html?tag=nefd_top
> >
> > Maybe they'd be willing to sell the rights to BSD/OS.  I guess
> it's not
> > worth much, since it's arguably less capable than FreeBSD, but
> perhaps> there are a small number of features worth keeping.
>
> Don't underestimate the value of the tax benefit derived from
> "discontinuedoperations".  I'm sure that Wind River's CBC (Chief
> Bean Counter) has given
> management an extensive report outlining the tax benefit of
> discontinuingthe BSD/OS ISE and Platform SA product lines and its
> impact on revenue over
> the next 3 years. :)
>
> They have, in effect, sold BSD/OS to the residents of the United
> States.This raises an interesting "public domain" issue.
>
> Merton Campbell Crockett
>
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