More Patents and New Business Models
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| Now, one may wish to argue that Microsoft is only looking to be
| rightfully compensated by those using clever Microsoft inventions.
| I, for one, think that position is naïve. I firmly believe that
| Microsoft’s intellectual business division is executing a
| well-thought out plan – monetize where possible (Novell),
| implicitly threaten where monetization is not possible and
| sow enough uncertainty to slow down those who don’t acquiesce,
| directly or indirectly, to Microsoft’s licensing pressure.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/06/more_patents_an.html
Microsoft and GPL v3
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| "I thought the line [from Microsoft]
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| As always, Microsoft remains committed to working with the open source
| software community to help improve interoperability for customers working
| in mixed source environments and deliver IP assurance.
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| was pretty funny. In what sense of “always” do they mean? Was this true when
| free and open source was a “cancer” done by “communists”,"
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http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=1724
New PR low for Microsoft.
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