Are Microsoft’s patent lawyers really this dumb?
http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=557
Say It Ain't So
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/corporate/say_it_aint_so.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
This opinion is very consistent. It appears in a dozen notable sites. Microsoft
cannot just redefine the law. It makes itself look silly.
Microsoft's latest: blame Oprah Winfrey
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| And so is Microsoft. In grandiose fashion, the software behemoth has
| declared that it is not a party to the GPLv3 and that none of its
| actions "are to be misintepreted as accepting status as a contracting
| party of GPLv3 or assuming any legal obligations under such license."
| I can hear the laughter ringing out.
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| To use an American phrase, get real.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13365&Itemid=1091
Microsoft Puts Limits On Novell Linux Deal, Cites GPLv3 Legal Concerns
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| Customers that buy Linux through Microsoft's Novell alliance program
| will receive products and services only for open source software
| covered by GPLv2.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=200900752
Poor Novell. Why were companies dumb enough to buy SUSE vouchers from
Microsoft?
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