Microsoft's Open Source Patent Gripes: Everyone Loses?
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| However, none of the half-dozen IT executives who were interviewed
| about Microsoft's infringement assertions plan to change their open
| source adoption strategies -- at least, not unless and until there's
| a good reason for them to do so.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/57653.html
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| "I'm stunned that after taking a number of seemingly positive steps
| vis-a-vis its thinking and strategy around open source, Microsoft has
| decided to blow away any bridges it built in a matter of weeks," long
| time Microsoft pundit Mary Jo Foley opined.
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| She noted that Microsoft's threat to sue had backfired, and pointed
| to a website that lists over 300 open-source supporters that are
| openly asking Microsoft to sue them over alleged patent infringement.
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| Microsoft is now in a tough predicament. Either it must stick to its
| guns, or attempt to back off and sweep what could become a public
| relations disaster under the rug.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsoft_Steps_Up_OpenSource_Battle/1179859754
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