Begun this patent was has

Begun this patent was has

Posted May 14, 2007 8:19 UTC (Mon) by jmorris42 (subscriber, #2203)
Parent article: Microsoft takes on the free world (CNN)

I'd say that it is officially 'on' as of now. Microsoft has to know that mere saber rattling won't work. All it will do is provoke a response, a cry for them to 'bring it' as is already happening. They had to know what sort of reaction to expect, there ARE some smart people working there.

No, SCO was a delaying tactic to buy time for them to come up with a strategy, something other than what is about to happen I suspect. But this is all they have, all out patent war. They know the risks, it could escalate into a real horror, it could even force Congress and the courts to reform the patent system.

They know all about network effects and just how fast a seemingly invincible marketshare can change. After all they only have to look upon the corpses they have left behind them. Lotus, Wordperfect, Netscape. There were times when suggesting any of them would be overthrown would have received only laughter. They are afraid that if they simply do nothing that the point of no return will pass them. Especially when they are paranoid enough when they are crushing their enemies. The thought of a foe they can't beat with their usual tactics has em spooked.

So since they really don't have another choice, they seduced Novell to the dark side to sow discord in our camp and offer a way for short sighted mega corps to opt out of the fight, weakening our ability to recruit allies and now they will attack. Without the Novell deal every fortune 500 corporation would be looking at a major open ended liability problem with no obvious way to throw money at it to get rid of it, thus they might be scared enough to call their pet Congressman.

Interesting times ahead!

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