Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 7th Aug 2007 17:43 UTC, submitted by JK
Microsoft has succeeded in fracturing the Linux and open-source community with the patent indemnity agreements it has entered into with several prominent vendors, Ubuntu leader and Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth told eWEEK. The strategy behind that was to drive a wedge into the open-source community and unsettle the marketplace, Shuttleworth said. He also took issue with the software maker for not disclosing the 235 of its patents it claims are being violated by Linux and other open-source software.
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2005-07-01
They wouldn't care. All this trash talk holds no sway in the courts, so no-one's forced to do anything. Microsoft are interested in scaring businesses away from Linux and why would those CEOs and CTOs listen to free-lovin' hippies from the OSS crowd spouting unsubstatiated flamebiat? Now Microsoft spouting unsubstatiated flamebiat - that's something to pay attention to.