On Tuesday 08 May 2007, Mike McMullin wrote: > On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 11:49 -0800, John Andersen wrote: > > On Tuesday 08 May 2007, Marcus Meissner wrote: > > > > Much posturing, but Balmer is still > > > > claiming Linux violates MS IP > > > > > > Any cites for this statement? Its just FUD. > > > > If I need to cite that for you, you must have been stationed > > on Mars for the last year. > > Cite it anyway, the onus is now on you, this being a fairly asked > question.
http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2006/11/microsoft_claim.html http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS7228555922.html http://www.forbes.com/home/enterprisetech/2006/03/22/ballmer-microsoft-linux-cz_df_0322microsoft.html http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/11/17/1324248 http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/108806.asp?source=rss http://www.themoneytimes.com/articles/20061121/novell_rejects_microsofts_ip_claims-id-102189.html http://www.itworldcanada.com//Pages/Docbase/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=idgml-845c571e-47c3-40af-93c5-d1b2cc308cd7 http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/308332.htm "Ron Hovsepian, Novell's CEO, has posted an open letter to the Community, where he explicitly states Novell's disagreement with Steve Ballmer's claims of Linux infringing on Microsoft's intellectual property. From the letter: 'We disagree with the recent statements made by Microsoft on the topic of Linux and patents. Importantly, our agreement with Microsoft is in no way an acknowledgment that Linux infringes upon any Microsoft intellectual property. From: http://www.novell.com/linux/microsoft/community_open_letter.html I find it interesting that Mr Hovsepian seems to know all about this issue and is worried about it enough to address it on Novell's web site, but yet Mr Meissner remains ignorant of the issue. Head in sand Marcus? -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
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