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ArmaggedonArmaggedonPosted May 14, 2007 6:24 UTC (Mon) by davidw (subscriber, #947)In reply to: Armaggedon by gjheydon Parent article: Microsoft takes on the free world (CNN)
I think that the folks at Microsoft are a lot smarter than those at SCO, and patents are a lot trickier to deal with than "copied code", which was pretty clearly a load of BS.
It wouldn't be a lot of fun, let's put it this way.
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Armaggedon Posted May 14, 2007 6:55 UTC (Mon) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link] You sure? Microsoft got the clear-cut decision: even if Windows is developed in U.S., even if it violates some patents, even if it's pre-installed - there are no problems as far as systems are sold are outside U.S. Replace Windows with Linux and Microsoft with RedHat - and you'll see that you can safely buy RedHat if you are not U.S. corporation (and presumably even if you are not U.S. subdivision of U.S. corporation). Basically Microsoft can wreak havoc in U.S. and grind the whole country to the halt - but people outside of U.S. are not affected. If that happens I'm sure it'll not continue for long. Someone will be forced to something about it. And it'll be fun if you are not U.S. citizen - and most people aren't... That Microsoft even talks about this means they are pretty desperate...
Armaggedon Posted May 14, 2007 12:04 UTC (Mon) by smitty_one_each (subscriber, #28989) [Link] It seems more interesting in the light of the Novell covenant thing.Microsoft cuts the deal. Microsoft emits this giant cloud of patent flatus. Future trends?: [market starts buying a lot of Suse] [microsoft sells Office201x as C# binaries that run fine on Mono]
Best thing to do with this bluff is simply call it; just make sure your poker face is better than mine. ;)
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