Q&A: New Red Hat boss targets virtualization, execution as keys to future
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| You have a strong business background, is signing a cross-patent licensing
| deal with Microsoft still bad business for Red Hat?
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| If we knew what kind of patent issues we had that would be helpful. So it is
| hard to have productive conversation if we don't know what they are.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/020708-ceo-jim-whitehurst-pilots-red.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
Related:
Microsoft, the art of Corporate Terrorism.
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| Microsoft, no longer the technological leader in the Computer Desktop
| market, is taking on a terrorist role in its attempt remain in power
| at all costs. (see the link to the CNN story below)
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| The tactic is intended to frighten current, and would be, free
| software users away from products that Microsoft just can't compete
| with. It's not a new tactic, but for the first time desperation is
| beginning to show.
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http://sweetcomputing.com/index.php?wiki=Microsoft_Terrorism
Convicted Monopolist Terrorizes Software Industry
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| That headline is designed to grab your attention. Sensationalistic as
| it may be, it also happens to be true, if what you mean by 'terrorize'
| is to provoke fear.
|
| If you've been following the presidential race in the United States,
| you know the present crop of candidates have been exploiting the fear
| of the American people as they never have before in the history of
| the country.
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http://www.linux.org/news/opinion/ms_threats.html
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