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Linux Defenders - That Would Be You Guys, Actually
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| The Open Invention Network, the Software Freedom Law Center, and the Linux
| Foundation have teamed up to create another tool to defend Linux from
| patents. It will be hosted by the NYU Peer to Patent folks, where Mark
| Webbink is now. It is called Linux Defenders, and that would be you, in that
| they are asking folks to provide prior art to block anyone else from
| patenting it. Over time, this could be very significant as a protective wall.
| Essentially, as I understand it, it works like this: Since it costs a
| prohibitive amount of money to file for patents, the workaround is defensive
| publication. That results in prior art which can then block patents on that
| prior art. Brilliant, my dear Watson. No kidding.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20081209142221426
I'm doing an interview with OIN's CEO.
Recent:
Microsoft's patent portfolio rated strongest among software companies
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| Microsoft received 1,649 U.S. patents in 2007, the most by far of any
| software company, according to the Patents Scorecard produced by IEEE
| Spectrum and released this week.
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http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/techtracks/2008/12/03/microsofts_patent_portfolio_rated_strongest_among.html
Ballmer Still Searching for an Answer to Google
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| "Forty percent of servers run Windows, 60 percent run Linux," he said. "How
| are we doing? Forty is less than 60, so I don't like it. ... We have some
| work to do."
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/151568/ballmer_still_searching_for_an_answer_to_google.html
Related:
Sun exec accuses Microsoft of 'patent terrorism'
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| The efforts of Microsoft to pressure the Linux community over alleged and
| unspecified patents is akin to "patent terrorism", according to a local
| executive for Sun Microsystems.
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Sun-exec-accuses-Microsoft-of-patent-terrorism-/0,130061733,339280437,00.htm
Microsoft, the art of Corporate Terrorism.
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| Microsoft, no longer the technological leader in the Computer Desktop
| market, is taking on a terrorist role in its attempt remain in power
| at all costs. (see the link to the CNN story below)
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| The tactic is intended to frighten current, and would be, free
| software users away from products that Microsoft just can't compete
| with. It's not a new tactic, but for the first time desperation is
| beginning to show.
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http://sweetcomputing.com/index.php?wiki=Microsoft_Terrorism
Convicted Monopolist Terrorizes Software Industry
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| That headline is designed to grab your attention. Sensationalistic as
| it may be, it also happens to be true, if what you mean by 'terrorize'
| is to provoke fear.
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| If you've been following the presidential race in the United States,
| you know the present crop of candidates have been exploiting the fear
| of the American people as they never have before in the history of
| the country.
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http://www.linux.org/news/opinion/ms_threats.html
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