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Seven complaints about Linux and why Windows users make them
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| Microsoft has a long history of making contracts with hardware developers
| that say that they cannot write drivers for non-Windows operating systems or
| even disclose the methodologies of the hardware to non-Microsoft developers
| in exchange for promotion deals. This effectively prevents drivers for Linux
| from being made.
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http://linuxphilia.blogspot.com/2009/07/seven-complaints-about-linux-and-why.html
Are proprietary programs specifically reducing function for Linux?
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| By cross platform programs I mean programs which are meant to be run on both
| windows and Linux operating systems. Programs like openoffice, firefox,
| thunderbird, java, flash, vmware, hardware drivers and many others. These
| programs are supposed to be able to run on more than one operating system and
| work in the same manner.
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http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/locutus/are-proprietary-programs-specifically-reducing-function-for-linux-32792
Recent:
Top 10 Linux FUD Patterns, Part 9
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| Microsoft vs. Linux
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| Microsoft has claimed that Linux violates approximately 235 patents. The
| company has reportedly “chosen” to not sue, and the rationale for this choice
| has been the topic of much speculation. Microsoft has not revealed the
| details of the violations, including the identifying numbers of the violated
| patents.
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| Lack of merit in the claim is probably the reason most people believe
| Microsoft has not filed – in other words, Microsoft is bluffing. Perhaps
| Microsoft knows that the patents are not enforcible for one reason or
| another, but it also knows fully that it retains power derived from fear so
| long as it can make threats that sound credible. If the claim does lack
| merit, that power would diminish rapidly once a case is brought against the
| first defendant. Either the patents would be found to be unenforcible (e.g.
| prior art would be proven), or legal action against one defendant would
| prompt the Linux community as a whole to adapt quickly. Details of the suit
| would provide the vital information required to ensure that Linux complies
| with all patents going forward.
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| Many Linux supporters and advocates disapproved when Novell and XandrOS
| succumbed to this fear when they signed their now famous “peace treaties”
| with Microsoft.
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http://linuxfud.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/top-10-linux-fud-patterns-part-9/
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