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An additional noteAn additional notePosted Oct 13, 2007 2:21 UTC (Sat) by daniel (subscriber, #3181)In reply to: An additional note by corbet Parent article: Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed Against Red Hat and Novell - Just Like Ballmer Predicted (Groklaw)
"Your editor thinks that a focus on Microsoft is truly misplaced here. There's no shortage of patent trolls willing to pursue this kind of action on their own..."
Your subscriber respectfully disagrees with you, Jon. This is nothing less than a proxy war declared by Microsoft, the only possible conclusion that a reasonable observer can draw from the miraculous synchronicity of Steve Ballmer's public warning to Red Hat and the filing of the suit a few days later.
Elephant. Rug. Don't kid yourself.
Regards,
Daniel
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An additional note Posted Oct 13, 2007 2:59 UTC (Sat) by sepreece (subscriber, #19270) [Link] "the miraculous synchronicity of Steve Ballmer's public warning to Red Hat and the filing of the suit a few days later"
Yeah, but how many times in the last year has Ballmer or another Microsoft leader raised the patent issue with no coincident lawsuit? And tech industry executives move around all the time. Sure, these things could all be tied together, but I think the odds are as good or better that it's just coincidence.
An additional note Posted Oct 13, 2007 3:21 UTC (Sat) by felixfix (subscriber, #242) [Link] There's also the fact that lawsuits of this kind take a while to draft, so this is not just a case of a company made bold by Balmer's inflammatory harangue and filing suit mere days later. Well, unless the previous claims had already prepared the lawsuit... But if Microsoft did have anything to do with it, there must be some kind of email or paper trail, or at least coincidental travel itineraries to dig up during discovery ...
An additional note Posted Oct 17, 2007 10:21 UTC (Wed) by daniel (subscriber, #3181) [Link] "Yeah, but how many times in the last year has Ballmer or another Microsoft leader raised the patent issue with no coincident lawsuit?"Two, maybe three, and never before with what amounts to a direct threat to Red Hat. Nowhere near enough to support the doubt you raised. As I see it, Steve Ballmer knew the lawsuit would be filed, and by extension, communicates directly or indirectly with the trolls. It's not like this would be unusual behavior for Microsoft, or perhaps you have not heard of Mike Anderer? News flash: Microsoft Bagman Mike Anderer caught red handed.
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