On Mon, May 14, 2007 10:45 pm, Ralph Shumaker wrote: > 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. >
You are a wise man today, Ralph. Note to self: Do not play poker with RS. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
