Survey says: Microsoft's patent might worries few, angers many more
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| The vast majority of respondents, some 54 percent, indicate that they
| would prefer to increase their use of Linux -- and decrease their us
| of Windows, as a result of Microsoft's patent pleadings.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Gardner/?p=2464
*LOL* They'll use Linux _FOR SPITE_.
Three Scenarios For How Microsoft's Open Source Threat Could End
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| Customers, meantime, hate getting pulled into this game. Microsoft
| is "out to strong-arm other companies," says Eric Simon, VP of IT
| at Brookfield Homes, a California-based home builder that uses
| both Windows and Linux. "Shame on Microsoft for trying to
| squelch innovation," says an IT director who requested anonymity.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199602086
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