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dolby

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From: 1992

Registered: 2006-08-08

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Microsoft takes on the free world

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/ … 100033867/

wtf

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Husio

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From: Europe

Registered: 2005-12-04

Posts: 359

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Re: Microsoft takes on the free world

F*** Ballmer... EOT

Weeks

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Registered: 2006-01-26

Posts: 91

Re: Microsoft takes on the free world

This makes microsoft and novell's patent deal look lovely!

STiAT

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From: Vienna, Austria

Registered: 2004-12-23

Posts: 606

Re: Microsoft takes on the free world

Well, microsoft even has a software patent on the usual doubleclick functionality in several programs (double-clickt selects text, double click opens folders, strg+click selects more files/folders) written around in about 7 pages so noone would understand or read it anyway. Anyway, i doubt they'd stand in front of a lawsuite.

I'd like to know which patents else they have... i'd be very interested in this.
Allthough, about 235 or shall there be 500 patents, it doesn't seem too much for the os community, so it can get rid of this.

That's what alredy has been said. First they laugh about you, then they compete with you and then they sue you and afterall .. they loose.

I would like to know how many patents of oracle are violated by microsoft sql server ... i'd really love to know that.

Basically, the deal of MS would be okay. If it concerned the whole os community. Every program written can voilate MS patents, and every software written by MS can violate other patents. Why not? Fair competition...

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whompus

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From: Durham. UK

Registered: 2005-08-09

Posts: 256

Re: Microsoft takes on the free world

There's a write up on groklaw about this, groklaw was started as a blog covering the SCOvIBM lawsuit which has panned out to cover lots of other legal issues.

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?stor … 3234519615

bones

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From: Brisbane

Registered: 2006-03-24

Posts: 322

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Re: Microsoft takes on the free world

The Redmond behemoth asserts that one reason free software is of such high quality is that it violates more than 200 of Microsoft's patents.

This sounds like a contradiction to me. I'd love to see a court turn around to M$ and say prove it and show everybody your code so they can see for themselves. But I think that would be the last thing they'd want to do because I'm sure there's alot of stuff in there they've pinched from others. But I guess that's not gonna happen in my lifetime.
Ahh well! I love a good fight, to arms.

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STiAT

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From: Vienna, Austria

Registered: 2004-12-23

Posts: 606

Re: Microsoft takes on the free world

I don't know if they have the nuts to go on curt against oracle, redhat, ibm and other patent holders.

Anyway, i've read the article whompus posted, and i really liked it. It gives another point of view, and as long as Microsoft does not show up all the patents violated, it's nothing else than trying to threat customers to use microsoft products furthermore OR to pay.

I personally dislike software patents, and it really shows up that the guys of GPL are looking into the future. It's a threat what microsoft does, a threat against everyone who does not want a deal for any price with them.

Also, Novells customers are protected for Microsoft patents. Well, okay, fine, but Microsoft can't use Novells patents against anyone, and i doubt that novell will stand up against the community in this concern.

I must thank companies as IBM, Oracle, RedHat and Google, for being smart enough for not signing a deal like this.

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Martyr

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From: Out there

Registered: 2006-10-04

Posts: 103

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Re: Microsoft takes on the free world

I wish Microsoft all the luck in the world.

They'll need it.

By the bye, the Slashdot commentaries are, for a change, quite interesting on this one.

slackhack

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Registered: 2004-06-30

Posts: 738

Re: Microsoft takes on the free world

"matter of principle," lol. M$ ripped off just about every aspect of DOS and their beginning windows systems from apple, xerox, ibm, etc. now they want "royalties" from linux users?  they can go fvck themselves

Susu

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From: Germany

Registered: 2005-11-11

Posts: 191

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Re: Microsoft takes on the free world

I say MS will get, what it deserves. Maybe not now, but maybe tomorrow.

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iBertus

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From: Greenville, NC

Registered: 2004-11-04

Posts: 2,228

Re: Microsoft takes on the free world

I've been waiting for this day for a long time! This could be a very good thing for Linux in the long run. M$ may have very well bitten off more than they can chew.

.:B:.

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Registered: 2006-11-26

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Re: Microsoft takes on the free world

I hope they choke on it, and take Novell along.

Such a disgrace.

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xerverius

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Registered: 2004-11-02

Posts: 230

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Re: Microsoft takes on the free world

When I read this, I laughed for a couple of minutes and continued writing software...

They will never try to get them in court, and it they do it would be fun if the judge uses *unix or he/she has a BSOD when reading the charge for the last time before court .