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Posted by: Sean Kelly

Microsoft warns Asian governments of Linux suits

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SINGAPORE (Reuters) -- Microsoft Corp. warned Asian governments on Thursday they could face patent lawsuits for using the Linux operating system instead of its Windows software.

The growing popularity of Linux -- an open-code software that is freely available on the Internet and easily modified by users -- is a threat to the global dominance of Microsoft's Windows.

Linux violates more than 228 patents, according to a recent report from a research group, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said at the company's Asian Government Leaders Forum in Singapore.
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Posted by: Sean Kelly

Dangerous curves ahead..

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Posted by: gaboman

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The growing popularity of Linux ... is a threat to the global dominance of Microsoft's Windows.
...darn that Linux...
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Posted by: Sean Kelly

Author of Linux Patent Study Says Ballmer Got It Wrong

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When Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said he wasn't really saying that Linux violates more than 200 software patents, Microsoft followed up by saying Ballmer was only citing findings from a controversial study done this summer by OSRM (Open Source Risk Management), a risk-mitigation consultancy.
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It makes no difference whether and how software is distributed, Ravicher said. "The bottom line is there's no reason to believe that Windows, Solaris, AIX or any other functionally similar operating system has any less risk of infringing patents than Linux does."


haw. haw. haw. Poor Steve. I despise pushy corporations.
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