Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 26th Jun 2007 21:09 UTC, submitted by WillM
The Linux community is splitting - right down the middle, at this point - over Microsoft's controversial claims that the open-source operating system infringes on patents it holds. Last Tuesday, Mandriva became the third Linux vendor within five days to say it isn't interested in signing a licensing deal with Microsoft to avoid possible infringement claims. A blog posting to that effect by Mandriva CEO Francois Bancilhon followed similar declarations by officials at Red Hat and Canonical.
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RE[2]: The M$ FUD machine moves on
by twenex on Tue 26th Jun 2007 22:51
in reply to "RE: The M$ FUD machine moves on"
Member since:2006-04-21
Really? They're doing a pretty good job of making them fight each other.
Umm, no they're not actually. On the one hand, you have the likes of Xandros, Novell and Linspire, which were in trouble before these deals and may well emerge as being in more trouble once the full import of these deals has sunk in.
And on the other, you have the likes of RH, Canonical, Mandriva, and the thousands or millions of Linux users, who may disagree as to whether these MS deals are a bad thing, but are in no more danger of "splitting" than they are over KDE/GNOME.
This article is just more FUD.
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2006-08-04
MS cannot fight the world of OSS.
Really? They're doing a pretty good job of making them fight each other.