Sorting through rubble after Microsoft's Linux patent bombshell
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| Instead of slaughtering open source with patent lawsuits, injunctions
| and damage claims, it appears the goal is to milk, or bleed, open
| source software companies through licensing, and indemnification
| deals. You can't say there's anything secret or hidden about
| that strategy.
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http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/linux/2007/0521linux1.html
A call to action against Microsoft's open source threats
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| Microsoft's legal war chest is greater than the gross national products
| of numerous nations. They can, at will, become the RIAA of the
| operating system and user software worlds.
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| My strong suggestion is a very easy one, if you believe that it's time for
| Microsoft to put up or shut up: Make your own Linux distro and publish it.
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| [...]
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| /* My name is <your name here> and I'm a Linux Distribution Maker. Sue me.
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| Then publish it; send the info to distrowatch.com. You'll get no money for
| it, but you'll be one of a few million people for Microsoft to sue. Since
| they'll be forced to stop making innovative software and spend money on
| litigation, quality will suffer for a little while. Then it will get better
| again.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/columnists/2007/052107henderson.html
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