...And the FUD/legal (without prospects, thus just FUD) fight begins.
Ballmer: Linux users owe Microsoft
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| In comments confirming the open-source community's suspicions, Microsoft
| CEO Steve Ballmer Thursday declared his belief that the Linux operating
| system infringes on Microsoft's intellectual property.
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http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;839593139;fp;16;fpid;1
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| "My reaction is that so far, what he [Ballmer] said is just more FUD
| [fear, uncertainty and doubt]," said Pamela Jones, editor of the
| Groklaw.net blog, which tracks legal issues in the open-source
| community. "Let him sue if he thinks he has a valid claim, and
| we'll see how well his customers like it."
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| Jones noted that after the Nov. 2 deal was announced, Novell said on its
| Web site that "the agreement had nothing to do with any known infringement.
| So which is true?"
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| Jones also challenged Ballmer to "put his money where his mouth is" and
| detail exactly what part of the Linux kernel source code allegedly
| infringes upon Microsoft patents, so that "folks will strip out the code
| and work around it or prove his patent invalid."
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