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Has Microsoft lost its war on open source?
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| Most recently, Microsoft settled a patent-infringement case it filed against
| GPS device maker TomTom over patents that involved TomTom's implementation of
| Linux, a case that stirred up old feelings among open source companies that
| Microsoft plans to reignite a patent fight against them. Microsoft insisted
| the TomTom suit was a patent issue and not any specific grievance against
| Linux or open source software.
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| Most of the Linux community accepted that assessment, but leaders such as Jim
| Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, says that any patent
| litigation against a technology that involves open source will keep the
| community wary. "It's just another example in the mind of an open source
| developer that this is not a positive company to be jointly working on
| development projects with," he adds.
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http://www.itworld.com/open-source/66652/has-microsoft-lost-its-war-open-source
Microsoft to open source: Please don't compete on price!
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| No, price isn't everything: it's simply a fruitful way to start a
| conversation. The reason that commercial open-source companies are thriving
| in the downturn is precisely because they can make healthy profits while
| charging a lot less.
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| Microsoft may not like that but, well, this is competition, not charity.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10222336-16.html
Subject: Re: Re: oh dear, being forced to compete
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| LOL! Poor Cannon Fodder I mean Sam Ramji. He has the most thankless job at
| MS. Though it is true that people will pay more for something if they feel
| they are getting a good value.
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http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-04-20-014-35-NW-CY-MS-0003
Recent:
Linux s'il vous plaît: French Gendarmie say oui to Ubuntu
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| The Gendarmie Nationale – France’s national police force – has been slowly
| introducing open source software to its 105,000+ policemen since 2005. In
| 2008 the decision was made to use only Ubuntu for all new workstations. A
| year on shows this has been a great success with happy users, a better
| network and cost savings of over seven million euro per year.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/23763/1143/
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