Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
Paul Allen wrote:
How many people thought M$ would never do this?
Oh, please, this was obvious once Microsoft hired the guy from IBM whose
primary raison d'etre was patent shakedowns.
I'm amazed it took this long.
Why be amazed? Even now, they're obfuscating the supposed patents being
violated because of how weak they are.
If they had found even just *one* truly crippling patent violation, they
would have stormed into court with an army of lawyers. They've got
nuthin and they're bluffin hard. Unfortunately, their opponents are
easily bluffed because of their fear of the unknown.
They must realize that they don't have much of a legal leg to stand on,
or they would nip open source in the bud instead of implying to their
own customers the threat of legal action.
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