Just a little something fromt he InfoWeapons blog: Microsofts Kiss of Death June 6th, 2007 by Maddog http://www.infoweapons.com/blog/?p=22
"As he was yet speaking, behold a multitude; and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near to Jesus, for to kiss him. And Jesus said to him: Judas, dost thou betray the Son of man with a kiss?" (Luke 22:47-48) Kiss of JudasIt was with a deep sense of disappointment and foreboding that I pondered the implications of Microsofts latest move (Microsoft Signs Linux Deal with Xandros) in its war on Linux and the free/open source software (FOSS) movement. It looks like the generals in Redmond havent forgotten one of the most effective classic war strategies ever: Divide and Conquer. Why should Microsoft even bother to enter into a patent-protection deal with any open source developer or distributor? In this latest deal, Microsoft isnt even licensing any patent rights from Xandros (there doesnt seem to be anything to license). It is, however, in an oh-so-generous move, promising not to sue Xandros customers over patent claims (dubious as thery are). Not that there would be a whole lot of customers not to sue; Xandros isnt even in the top 20 most popular Linux distributions (more like in 37th place in the last month) according to Distrowatch. Read the entire post at: http://www.infoweapons.com/blog/?p=22 _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
