[Cialug] "Microsoft takes on the free world"

[David Champion]

Yeah, this is exactly the kind of business I was expecting out of MS,
after the partnership deal with Suse. IMHO this is a build up to having
a linux distribution that is fully blessed and licensed by MS.

I don't see how MS is going to try to enforce "getting paid for their
IP" unless they're going to threaten every other Linux distribution if
they don't pay a licensing fee.

IANAL - but from what I understand, Software Patents haven't really been
tried or upheld by the courts yet. But that hasn't stopped several
high-profile lawsuits, that usually end up getting settled out of court.

But, forget about this jive, some loser wants to take our blinky lights
away. I've always thought that the more blinky lights a gadget has, the
better.

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9019163&source=rss_news10

-dc

Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote:
> It looks like more FUD to me. Kinda reeks of the SCO thing. "You're
> infringing, but were not going to say where or how". Just remember that
> we have a ton of money and we're going to bury you in legal fees unless
> you're running Suse.
> 
> Blah,Blah, Blah... until I get a summons, I'm not gonna sweat it. Worse
> case scenario, I'd move over to Osx.
> 
> Is Microsoft the next RIAA?
> 
> 
> :) Dave
> 
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> On Mon, 2007-05-14 at 13:19, Tom Poe wrote:
>> David Krumwiede wrote:
>>> Whoops! Here it comes:
>>>
>>> "Microsoft claims that free software like Linux, which runs a big 
>>> chunk of
>>> corporate America, violates 235 of its patents. It wants royalties from
>>> distributors and users. Users like you, maybe. Fortune's Roger Parloff
>>> reports."
>>>
>>> http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/05/28/100033867/
>>>
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>> Groklaw addressed this in a post this morning.  Good points raised.
>> Tom
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