In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Guy Fawkes
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on Tue, 15 May 2007 10:43:42 +0200
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> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
> news:2143020.YunGqIlH8B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Microsoft Won't Sue Linux Users, Company Exec Says
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>> | Instead, Microsoft said it wants to create more arrangements that
>> | mirror the company's deal with Linux distributor Novell.
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>> http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199501831
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> Do those idiots we're gonna pay up just because they're *claiming* to have
> patents that OSS might infringe upon? They must be out of their minds or
> very desperate.
It's standard issue FUD. Windows 3.1 is probably the
first instance thereof, when a beta suggested non-MS-DOS
DOS versions might not be 100% compatible.
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> Besides, even if they did detail which software infringes on which patents
> no payment will be done since the code will simply be changed to circumvent
> the patents. And that's only if we think it's a valid claim, which most
> likely will not be the case.
>
Until we see the actual patents, it's kinda hard to tell.
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