Microsoft's Linux IP Moves: What Does It All Mean?
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| Denial. Open source? Never heard of it. Why don't you come back when
| you folks are actually making some money?
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| Anger. What do you mean Linux and Apache are stealing market share
| from the low end of the server market? That's our business!
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| Bargaining. OK, here's a thought: Maybe Linux and Apache are taking
| share on the low-end. But as long as Windows Server and Microsoft
| IIS continue to dominate the Fortune 500, we won't have any
| problems.
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| Depression. What? They're in the data center now? But...we offer
| so much more functionality than the open-source solutions! Can't
| people see that?
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| Acceptance...
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http://www.windowsitpro.com/mobile/pda/Article.cfm?ArticleID=96232&DepartmentID=723
Microsoft SA responds to patent issues
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| Reports of Microsoft threatening the Linux community over alleged
| patent infringements are "sensationalist" and Microsoft is committed to
| building bridges with the open source community, says Microsoft
| South Africa's public sector director, Ashley de Klerk.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=1572
"Building bridges" = SCO's arguments (precisely so).
SCO projected billions in Linux licenses
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| SCO was projecting that revenues of its SCOsource licenses for Linux
| would generate billions of dollars in revenues for the company,
| chief executive Darl McBride testified in a deposition on 27
| March 2007.
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http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=53674&src=site-marq
Patent war looms
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| Microsoft's move is seen as a FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt)
| strategy to force open source users into a licensing deal with
| the software giant or even migrating to a Microsoft platform,
| Haque said.
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http://www.itworldcanada.com//Pages/Docbase/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=idgml-791d5cce-18ff-4495-9112-90a814544f74&RSS=1&UID=4F2934EE-B4DA-4B38-BC8C-F9F45DF0763F
http://tinyurl.com/27tr7a
Just watched how SCO's revenue gets floored...
SCO's IP revenue hits zero
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| It's been a while since I mentioned the SCO Group on this blog, largely
| since it stopped shouting its mouth off about its legal claims and
| its various court cases are slowly winding their way towards conclusion.
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http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2007/06/scos_ip_revenue.html
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