Microsoft's Linux patent threats dismissed as baseless
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| "The reality is that they are not going to sue a single customer," says
| Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation. "It would not be
| in their business interest. Microsoft is not going to sue their customers."
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/operating-systems/nix/in-depth/index.cfm?articleid=579
Some sources say they have already threatened with lawsuits, which is a good
thing, because it will have the same effect as SCO's and drive the customers
away for good. It's a reality now, based on many migrations. Sun's CEO had
something to say about this. Here is their most recent rebuttal to arguments
about 'duplicity'
Hardware Archaeology
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| The recent news that Open Sound is available as Free software under both
| GPLv2 and CDDL is a great step forward, and the availability of drivers for
| R500-family AMD video cards is also fantastic.
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| [...]
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| "Jonathan asked me to look into this, to ensure we're pursuing an open path
| across all of Sun, not simply the software group. We take all input
| seriously, and we can't solve all problems for all parties, but we're
| committed to doing our best to faithfully engage with all the communities we
| serve, in the same spirit as the existing Open Source Ombudsman Scheme. With
| the support of my team and others in the community I'll try to build a new
| scheme that is fair and transparent."
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http://blogs.sun.com/webmink/entry/hardware_archaeology
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