Software Patents: Microsoft Jumps the Shark (PDF
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| "This article has been written with a great deal of skill. It has
| painted the scenario in a dramatic manner and one which highlights
| some dire consequences. It even ends on an enigmatic phone call to
| Mr Ballmer, in which he ominously declines to cross a bridge (that
| would be the 'sue your customers' bridge, not the
| One-Step-Closer-to-Patent-Armageddon bridge--that's been
| crossed already)..."
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http://opensourcelaw.biz/publications/papers/Bscott_microsoft_jumps_the_shark_070521.pdf
Also of interest:
The Linux Foundation Speaks
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| The Linux Foundation was formed to perform a number of roles: one is to
| speak out on issues of concern to the Linux ecosystem in particular,
| and open source in general. Another is what we refer to internally by
| the shorthand handle as "the Legal Protect" function. That means that
| we launch internally as well support externally a variety of
| initiatives that legally strengthen the Linux ecosystem.
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http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20070525090615841
What Microsoft Fears More than Linux
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| I believe their choice of defense gives us the clue: they are
| hinting strongly at a possible battle with intellectual property
| (IP). They see don't see Linux as the real threat: they see the
| goals and ideals of free and open source software taking hold and
| becoming the main threat. Because in Microsoft's nightmare world
| where copyleft and open source becomes the norm, they would begin
| to lose their IP and the very thing they think makes them Microsoft.
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| Choke off the "oxygen" of free software, and you might eliminate the
| threat. Or, specifically in Microsoft's case, poison the atmosphere
| instead. They get the same results.
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http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2007-05-25-018-26-OP-SW-LL
Related:
November 25 - Microsoft Dies
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| This is the day. The demise of Microsoft. The day of reckoning has
| come at last. Friday 23rd November 2006. Google had seen it's profits
| soar massively. Microsoft on the other hand have had an awful year.
| Low profits, internal scandals, a lowered reputation and a lowered
| customer satisfaction rate have left the company in tatters.
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http://globa-tech.blogspot.com/2006/11/november-25-microsoft-dies.html
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