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2007 05 15

Various Reactions to Mrs. Sue Ballmer's FUD

Why Linux Will Turn Microsoft's Ballmer Into A Boy Named Sue

Microsoft is between a rock and a hard place. Google is eating its lunch on the Internet, and big PC vendors like Dell are warming up to Linux. What to do? Sue, Sue, Sue.

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Martha said something about this a few weeks ago. The software giant will not evolve into an entity that can compete with Linux, Apple, and Google. It could one day become an army of lawyers with a patent portfolio. It's Time for Microsoft to Put Up or Shut Up

I take offense at the notion that anyone in the Open Source world is willfully violating a Microsoft patent, particularly since Microsoft refuses to disclose any potential violations: "Gutierrez refuses to identify specific patents or explain how they're being infringed, lest FOSS advocates start filing challenges to them." Gutierrez and Microsoft aren't interested in intellectual property rights. They're not interested in allowing the Open Source world to defend itself. They're not interested in a fair fight. Like a bully, they refuse to face the Open Source world in a fair fight, instead hinting at willful infringement and making backhanded threats. Why? Like any bully they fear that when faced with a fair fight in the light of day they will be revealed for the bully they are. Like any bully they fear that which they threaten.

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