Re: What are these patents that MS owns in Linux? More and more people are paying.
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Microsoft has not given a list for the devs to then code around. They're just seeking money targets.
Evil.
Best regards,
Rick C. Hodgin
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Sent: Tue, Jul 24, 2012 05:15 PM
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Subject: [Trisquel-users] What are these patents that MS owns in Linux? More and more people are paying.
>http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-inks-patent-deal-with-service-provider-using-linux-servers-7000001498/
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>First it was Amazon in 2010 for their datacenters and now Microsoft is
>licensing technology that they own the patents when it is used in a Linux
>datacenter. Of course no one is disclosing what the actual patent is or what
>it stands for, but these companies are growing in paying Microsoft just to
>have the right to use them.
>
>We all know that Apple just wants to shut you down when you violate their
>patents and Microsoft "plays nice" and has you pay for them. What is in Linux
>that Microsoft has the patent for and does it also apply to Trisquel? Will we
>have to pay Microsoft if Trisquel is used in a datacenter?
When I was a journalist, they were called "paid shills."
Best regards,
Rick C. Hodgin
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Sent: Tue, Jul 24, 2012 05:32 PM
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>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty_and_doubt#Microsoft
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>ps. zdnet is rubbish
fud? INteresting. I seem to have fallen for it for a few minutes. NOw to
go bang my head against the nearest hard object to knocck some sense
into me, rofl. On 07/24/2012 04:48 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> When I was a journalist, they were called "paid shills."
>
> Best regards,
> Rick C. Hodgin
>
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>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty_and_doubt#Microsoft
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>> ps. zdnet is rubbish
In my opinion, the worst part about it is the degree to which they're being sneaky about what patents they hold. Almost extortionist.
I believe Linux and GNU will be in real trouble this decade, and the face of free software will change by this movement already underfoot here, as seen in Microsoft.
These, and SecureBoot, won't be the last attacks either so long as the Fedoras and Ubuntus of the world bow to their demands.
Best regards,
Rick C. Hodgin
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From: kendell clark <name at domain>
Sent: Tue, Jul 24, 2012 05:59 PM
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>This is disturbing. MS isn't supposed to have any part in linux other
>than the code it contributed to the linux kernel who knows when. This is
>part of why I use linux, to get away from the MS corporate structure.
>Now they're involved in linux? Sighs.
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