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Power of shame?Power of shame?Posted Nov 22, 2006 6:07 UTC (Wed) by dmarti (subscriber, #11625)Parent article: Novell, buyer's remorse, and the patent threat "I'm not that concerned about the threat of Microsoft enforcing patents against Linux. I think their mode of operation isn't through the legal system. I think they hate lawyers more than most companies. They've been on the receiving end. [CEO Steve] Ballmer and [Chairman Bill] Gates have pride in the fact that their competition may have tried to crush them with legal wars, but they overcame. I think they would have a hard time using legal tactics. They would be ashamed." -- Linus Torvalds, 2004
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Power of shame? Posted Nov 22, 2006 15:38 UTC (Wed) by tjc (subscriber, #137) [Link] I think Linus is probably right. As long as MSFT can keep a dark intellectual property cloud hanging over Linux, it will slow it's adoption rate in larger companies and organizations. FUD is the MSFT way.
Power of shame? Posted Nov 22, 2006 23:29 UTC (Wed) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link] I'm not so sure, they tried to license the FAT long names trick, and failed.Microsoft introduced FAT in version 2.0 of MS-DOS in 1982, but was not granted patent '517 until 1996. Last year Redmond used it as the basis of its first ever licensing program, offering manufacturers the right to use the ubiquitous file system in return for a low royalty rate. At the time, Microsoft described this as "liberalization".They are trying.
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