No negotiations with Microsoft in progress
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| We have declined to discuss any agreement with Microsoft under the
| threat of unspecified patent infringements.
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http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/127
Also here:
http://www.insidesocal.com/click/2007/06/mark_shuttleworth_on_ubuntu_an.html
Recent:
[Mark Shuttleworth Interview]
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| Microsoft is asking people to pay them for patents, but they won't
| say which ones. If a guy walks into a shop and says: "It's an
| unsafe neighbourhood, why don't you pay me 20 bucks and I'll make
| sure you're okay," that's illegal. It's racketeering. What Microsoft
| is doing with intellectual property is exactly the same. It's a great
| company and I have great admiration for it, but this was not a
| well considered position.
|
| So you wouldn't do a deal?
|
| No, absolutely not. But the time will come when the folks at
| Microsoft who have a clear vision for the company as a participant
| in this community, rather than as a hostile antagonist, will win.
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http://mybroadband.co.za/nephp/?m=show&id=6672
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