[clue-talk] Microsoft Claims 235 Patents Violated

[David Rudder]

Anyone see this yet?  Linus has weighed in.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199600443

Matt Poletiek wrote:
> This is obviously just FUD. Microsoft hasnt made any threats, only
> pointed out what a few folks already knew.
>
> What does this cause currently?
> Well in my mind, innovation happens inside free minds. Those who
> become upset over this recent news must have acknowledged and accepted
> their dependance upon capitalism. The people behind Open Source
> technology, in my mind, have acknowledged and accepted their
> independance from capitalism. Liscencing never was a solution, people
> still do what they want anyways.
>
> One of the greatest benefits of open source is its liscence, not so
> much because of what it defines, more because its the radical
> liscence. The liscence hack. Its almost, the liscence of non-liscenced
> content.
>
> What this might do however, is cause MORE people to join the
> commercial Linux camps. SUSE, Redhat, IBM, ect. This is expected of
> those who again, are dependant upon capitalism.
>
> Remember, there will always be free minds innovating. Change is the
> nature of all and so there will always be free software.
>
> ........ Or to put it better, Microsoft is testing the commercial
> Linux market. What happens next, we will all learn from.
>
> On 5/15/07, miguelito <miguelito at biffster.org> wrote:
>> >  From: David L. Willson <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU>
>> >  Subject: Re: [clue-talk] Microsoft Claims 235 Patents Violated
>> >  Sent: 14 May '07 16:45
>> >
>> >  On Mon, 2007-05-14 at 16:20 -0600, dperkins at frii.com wrote:
>> >  > > I think we should tell every Windows-using person we know 
>> about this,
>> >  > > and ask them if this is who they want to business with.
>> >  >
>> >  > Most people couldn't care less until they see that it costs them 
>> money.
>> >  > And not money from buying a product, or from time wasted.  It 
>> requires MS
>> >  > telling them they must pay MS for something MS did not make.  Or 
>> steal.
>> >
>> >  <rant>
>> >
>> >  I disagree.  I believe that "most" people just need to be reminded 
>> that
>> >  they can be honorable, that , once upon a time, we did our best to
>> >  behave honorably, we expected the same from others, and when 
>> disappointed, we
>> >  sometimes stopped buying from people, celebrities, or companies to 
>> show
>> >  our disapproval.
>>
>> I agree in principle with what you are saying, David. But that's 
>> really not the way that people work. Especially when it comes to 
>> computers. I'd say at least 80% of computer users don't know and 
>> don't care about what OS their computer is running, nor how ethical 
>> the company that makes the OS may or may not be. All they care about 
>> is that their computer works.
>>
>> The 20% that may care tend to be fanboys, backing either Windows, Mac 
>> or Linux.
>>
>> -- 
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>> but it comes with a slice of cantaloupe at the end.  You don't get 
>> exactly
>> what you want for breakfast, but you get a good meal!"
>>
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