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An additional note

An additional note

Posted Oct 12, 2007 14:24 UTC (Fri) by dmarti (subscriber, #11625)
In reply to: An additional note by corbet
Parent article: Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed Against Red Hat and Novell - Just Like Ballmer Predicted (Groklaw)

I agree -- MSFT's interest is for the patent trolls to keep quiet for now, so that it's easier for MSFT's lobbyists to get US-style software patents in other countries. If the trolls go nuts in the USA, politicians in the rest of the world will find it harder to get software patents through.


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