Microsoft/Xandros patent-pact deja vu
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| Once more we have Microsoft pledging that it won't sue Novell -- excuse
| me, Xandros -- Linux customers for violating its IP, specifically
| patents. What patents? Determined how? Violated in what way? We don't
| know, and Microsoft still isn't telling.
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS4385418343.html
Why did Microsoft and Sun support SCO?
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| Nowhere does the exhibit explain in any detail exactly what SCO IP
| was hidden within Linux. Does that sound to you like the sort of
| vague patent claims made by Microsoft in regards to its recent
| patent deals with Novell and with Xandros? It does to me.
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS6700440248.html
A cry from Xandros: please, take note of us
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| One, that Microsoft has been emboldened by the fact that the last
| call draft of GPLv3 does not penalise Novell. A bit of compromise
| on Richard Stallman's part has been interpreted as weakness.
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| Two, Redmond wants a test case to see whether Stallman's statement -
| that GPLv3 will ensure that any and all patent deals will backfire
| against Microsoft - will be tested sooner rather than later.
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| And three, that Redmond still believes that the old policy of
| spreading fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) will continue to
| keep the cash registers at Redmond ringing.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/12685/
Is Microsoft winning the FUD war in the board room?
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| Novell. JBoss. XenSource. Zend. Samsung. Xandros.
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| One by one, free and open source software providers are signing
| agreements with "the dark side", the poster child for proprietary
| software, and (many say) the antithesis of open source: Microsoft.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=326
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