Groklaw reports that a company called IP Innovation, LLC, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Novell and Red Hat. Groklaw goes into black helicopter mode, trying to find a tie between this IP Innovation thing and Microsoft - and it finds it too. A few ex-Microsoft employees now work at IP Innovation. Do with it as you please.
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Member since:2005-10-02
Aaah.. that's what you meant. I can say the same. I defend FLOSS from zealots with anti-MS agenda. At least some of the time. In the debate about the autoupdating of the Windows Update application I defended Microsoft - and got some flak for it (Friendly Fire is quite accurate, unfortunately).
OTOH, Microsoft generally have a problem with its behavior and it is the behavior I attack. Technologically Microsoft is doing better, which again is something I can respect. But this behavior of Ballmer and the bribing in ISO and the violation of Human Rights, and using illegal mafia methods, and bribing governments, and threatening governments (Microsoft threatened Denmark once - which sent Microsoft on the defensive in Denmark - they never managed to do a come back) is simply unacceptable.
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2005-09-27
That's it, Edited only for you, feel free to read it again.
Edited 2007-10-12 15:02