MS: We'll only interoperate if you sign a patent deal. Red Hat: No.
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| In other words, in my translation, Microsoft is refusing to interoperate well
| unless FOSS agrees to these patent deals, not just so it can collect money,
| but so it can get your brains to work for them. It also achieves a goal of
| FOSS costing more. Ever hear of the Microsoft tax? And it also allows
| Microsoft to put its heavy thumb on FOSS and reset its terms. You don't want
| to code for Microsoft and share your skills and your money? Don't wish to
| give up control or change your development model? Then they'll maybe sue you,
| and for sure they won't interoperate with you well.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2007070412502112
We saw that coming last year. No 'tax', no play.
The Reason for All These Patent Deals?
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| But even Microsoft's child-like "that's mine" attitude about
| intellectual property and patent violation claims against open
| source doesn't explain the company's resistance to Red Hat. The
| question to ask: Whose intellectual property rights are Microsoft
| seeking to protect? Microsoft's insistence on combined interoperability
| and patent deals makes more sense if the company's concern is that
| its software infringes on open-source intellectual property.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/corporate/the_reason_for_all_these_patent_deals.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
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