Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 16th May 2007 09:42 UTC, submitted by FreeRhino
Microsoft has said it will not sue Linux users with regards to the company's patent claims. "We're not litigating. If we wanted to we would have done so years ago," said Horacio Gutierrez, Microsoft's VP for intellectual property and licensing, in an interview. When asked for a reply regarding the claim of Microsoft that the Linux kernel infringes 42 of its patents, Linus Torvalds replied: "Can you get a list of which ones? Before that, it's just FUD, and there's not a whole lot I can say or do. Is there prior art? Are they trivial and obvious to one skilled in the art? Would we need to work around them? We don't know, because all I've heard so far is just FUD. If MS actually wanted us to not infringe their patents, they'd tell us. Since they don't, that must mean that they actually prefer the FUD."
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2005-07-06
It's beyond pathetic. Here you have the richest and most "successful" company in the world resorting to tactics like this. They don't have a leg to stand on and they know it. It's unfortunate that outfits like "Fortune" magazine fall for the bait and publish this junk. FUD through and through. Because of stuff like this, MS has lost ANY (if they had any left) respect from me. They are nothing but schoolyard bullies....rich ones too (which makes it worse).