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[News] [Linux] Microsoft Feels the Linux Pressure, Goes on the Patents Offence

Microsoft takes on the free world

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| Microsoft claims that free software like Linux, which runs a big chunk
| of corporate America, violates 235 of its patents. It wants royalties
| from distributors and users.
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http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/05/28/100033867/

Yup. Microsoft know it's dying, so it's clinging on to the last straw.

Microsoft: FOSS Infringes Our Patents

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| Microsoft refuses to state which particular patents are infringed
| in an attempt to avoid retaliation from FOSS advocates. However,
| the statements certainly put Linux and its users under a dark
| cloud -- potentially sufficient for a declaratory judgment action
| under MedImmune v. Genentech (2006).
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http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2007/05/microsoft_foss_.html

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