Linux news

2007 05 15

Op-ed: Microsoft Has Already Lost to Free Software

"Microsoft takes on the free world", and loses (a commentary)

You can't defeat this community so why not joining us on the equal footing, on the terms which govern the rest of this community, a true fair play, a new free world in which both you and us can coexist without trying to subvert each others' chances, a true free market. You can't be that adverse towards the concept of a free market, right? The time of your monopoly is over. If you can't deal with that, you deserve to be defeated in the great patent armageddon. It's your choice, Microsoft, it's your choice.

http://s5h.net/u?z4d0e
Microsofts Open Source Claim: What Are These Patents Really All About?

What exactly are these patents about? I can look at Ubuntu (see right) and say "hey this is Windows-ish." Is that a patent problem?

http://s5h.net/u?z6897