Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 10th Sep 2005 19:26 UTC
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So if patents affect .NET, how come no-one ever mentions Java patents?
Because some people are rabidly anti-MS and will do anything to stop the spread of .NET. So they spread FUD, and the situation isn't helped by some of the comments MS execs have made about FOSS in the past, even if they haven't ever sued anyone.






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So if patents affect .NET, how come no-one ever mentions Java patents?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/04/kodak_wins_java/
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20041007-4284.html
If Sun were infringing Kodak's patents when they implemented Java, presumably anyone else who implements it is, too...and Kodak, unlike Microsoft, sued someone already. Did anyone license Kodak's patents for free Java yet?