Comments on: Torvalds attacks Microsoft: show us the 235 Linux patent violations

By: Slot machines

Slot machines — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:48:16 +0000

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By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 05:22:13 +0000

MS is just be a greedy bully. He knows people will move to linux because it’s cheaper. I mean who wouldn’t want free software? Steve Jobs had the GUI OS before Microsoft did. Apple tried to sue Microsoft but that didn’t work and I highly doubt microsoft can sue any linux corporation. Linux is just the kernel anyways. I read Xandros craved me and made an agreement with MS. If this continues I’ll move to freebsd.

By: federal express

federal express — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 05:11:45 +0000

far out, i don’t care, windows is great

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:04:36 +0000

@jeff north

When you put it like that it makes MS sounds like the borg, assimilating software companies and adding their intelligence to their collective

Not a bad analogy really…..

By: Greg E

Greg E — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:18:30 +0000

Small nit: I believe the term is “put *up* or shut up”, FWIW.

By: mik9dt

mik9dt — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:56:59 +0000

I am not an expert in patent law, but isn’t it beholden on patent holders to defend their patents? I always thought that if patents were not defended then they became null and void.

By: Andrew D Williams » Blog Archive » Torvalds attacks Microsoft: show us the 235 Linux patent violations

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:18:46 +0000

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By: jeff north

jeff north — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:48:28 +0000

Microsoft has a history of swiping software they need.
Check Mr. Gates personnel history.
When he was a teen, he and a few friends used computers to Hack into corporations computers. It was his first step in setting a pattern of events for his company.
If you can’t do it by yourself, then sign an agreement with a company to use their software.
( Sun Microsystems Java ) , then patient the software as your own. IBM same same.
New contracts with Linux developers will result in the same deals.
In less that 2 years, they will be marching into the courts, complaining that the NEW software they have created is being violated by the companies that they originally purchased it from. If that doesn’t work, then they will do what they have done to companies like Connectix Corp. They just outright buy them, then destroy them. Assume their software as their own, and move on..

By: notbob

notbob — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:35:47 +0000

Geez,

Could this post be any older? This exact news blurb was reported at least 6 weeks ago.

By: John F

John F — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:29:52 +0000

>Michael F Says:

>June 28th, 2007 at 9:04 pm
>I think Linus and Bill should just have a good old fashioned fist fight. I >think Linus could take Bill any day of the week.

My mother who is 88 could take Bill Gates in a good old fashioned fist fight unless Bill acts as unfairly at fighting as he does in business.