Re: Regarding OOXML and Microsoft patents
- From: Miguel de Icaza <miguel ximian com>
- To: Alan Cox <alan lxorguk ukuu org uk>
- Cc: rms gnu org, foundation-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: Regarding OOXML and Microsoft patents
- Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 17:50:37 -0400
> > As I spend a lot of time in interop work, the more information that I
> > have on my hands the better.
> >
> > Software Jujitsu if you will.
>
> I think you mean Aikido or Judo if you want to use your oppenents
> strength against them, although in your case perhaps "seppuku" was the
> phrase you wanted.
Well, Jujitsu seemed more appropriate from the Wikipedia page to what my
goal was:
Jujutsu [...] is a Japanese martial art whose central ethos is
to yield to the force provided by an opponent's attack in order
to apply counter techniques.
If a long standard is part of an attack, we can use that for our own
purposes.
Miguel.
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