Why Linux Will Turn Microsoft's Ballmer Into A Boy Named Sue
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| Microsoft is between a rock and a hard place. Google is eating its
| lunch on the Internet, and big PC vendors like Dell are warming up
| to Linux. What to do? Sue, Sue, Sue.
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http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/05/why_linux_will.html
Martha said something about this a few weeks ago. The software giant will not
evolve into an entity that can compete with Linux, Apple, and Google. It
could one day become an army of lawyers with a patent portfolio.
It's Time for Microsoft to Put Up or Shut Up
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| I take offense at the notion that anyone in the Open Source world is
| willfully violating a Microsoft patent, particularly since Microsoft
| refuses to disclose any potential violations:
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| "Gutierrez refuses to identify specific patents or explain
| how they're being infringed, lest FOSS advocates start filing
| challenges to them."
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| Gutierrez and Microsoft aren't interested in intellectual property
| rights. They're not interested in allowing the Open Source world to
| defend itself. They're not interested in a fair fight. Like a bully,
| they refuse to face the Open Source world in a fair fight, instead
| hinting at willful infringement and making backhanded threats. Why?
| Like any bully they fear that when faced with a fair fight in the
| light of day they will be revealed for the bully they are. Like any
| bully they fear that which they threaten.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/05/put_up_or_shut.html
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