On 5/14/07, Cocoy Dayao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> MS is bluffing and im ignoring it.
Exactly. this is pure and simple fud. if they have proof--- Microsoft
with their army of lawyers would already be in court yesterday.
And a court battle will be good for Linux and IBM than it would be
for microsoft. ibm has been itching for a fight to get back at m$ for
the whole PC debacle.
They couldn't actually sue everyone only because if they start suing
Fortunate 500 companies using GNU/Linux, they are pretty much suing
their own customers, and if they start suing small companies and
individuals, their enterprise customers will take it in a bad light.
So the best course of action is not to sue, but to give "protection"
via indemnities, they won't get into legal tussles but still earn
nonetheless (see Novell and MS pact).
Because patent claims are things like that are so much into the
consciousness of the general public (a certain segment that is),
lawsuits aren't really attractive and only affects their stock value
so business tie-ups that go around indemnity is the fad.
--
Best,
Jerome Gotangco
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