Re: Microsoft's IP chief on TomTom, Linux and patents ..

2009-03-02 Thread Doug Mentohl
7 wrote: This is the first shot in their patent war. Not really, more like SCO 11 ... Assertions are year-long, or two years long. Maybe Microsoft wanted to buy TomTom, but they didn't want to sell. So they started asserting patents, hoping to encourage them to at least only license

Re: Microsoft's IP chief on TomTom, Linux and patents ..

2009-03-02 Thread amicus_curious
Doug Mentohl doug_ment...@linuxmail.org wrote in message news:gogicp$98...@news.datemas.de... 7 wrote: This is the first shot in their patent war. Not really, more like SCO 11 ... Assertions are year-long, or two years long. Maybe Microsoft wanted to buy TomTom, but they didn't want to

Re: Microsoft's IP chief on TomTom, Linux and patents ..

2009-03-02 Thread Doctor Smith
On Mon, 2 Mar 2009 08:52:29 -0500, amicus_curious wrote: Doug Mentohl doug_ment...@linuxmail.org wrote in message news:gogicp$98...@news.datemas.de... 7 wrote: This is the first shot in their patent war. Not really, more like SCO 11 ... Assertions are year-long, or two years long. Maybe

Microsoft's IP chief on TomTom, Linux and patents ..

2009-03-01 Thread Doug Mentohl
Q: Is the technology being used by TomTom something it developed on its own, or is it outside or open-source technology that they're using? Gutierrez: Well, it's hard for me to tell where the technology comes from .. the case involves infringement of Microsoft patents by TomTom devices that

Re: Microsoft's IP chief on TomTom, Linux and patents ..

2009-03-01 Thread 7
Doug Mentohl wrote: Q: Is the technology being used by TomTom something it developed on its own, or is it outside or open-source technology that they're using? Gutierrez: Well, it's hard for me to tell where the technology comes from .. the case involves infringement of Microsoft patents by

Re: Microsoft's IP chief on TomTom, Linux and patents ..

2009-03-01 Thread Doug Mentohl
See also .. Microsoft at a Crossroads: Future Trend-Setter or Future Pariah? http://www.acrossad.com/articles/msftfuture.html ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: Microsoft's IP chief on TomTom, Linux and patents ..

2009-03-01 Thread amicus_curious
Doug Mentohl doug_ment...@linuxmail.org wrote in message news:goeu49$u5...@news.datemas.de... Q: Is the technology being used by TomTom something it developed on its own, or is it outside or open-source technology that they're using? Gutierrez: Well, it's hard for me to tell where the

Re: Microsoft's IP chief on TomTom, Linux and patents ..

2009-03-01 Thread 7
amicus_curious wrote: Doug Mentohl doug_ment...@linuxmail.org wrote in message news:goeu49$u5...@news.datemas.de... Q: Is the technology being used by TomTom something it developed on its own, or is it outside or open-source technology that they're using? Gutierrez: Well, it's hard for me

Re: Microsoft's IP chief on TomTom, Linux and patents ..

2009-03-01 Thread Andrew Halliwell
7 website_has_em...@www.enemygadgets.com wrote: The most vigorous way Tom Tom can defend itself is to eliminate support for micoshaft products and ask the Open Source community to help it write EXT2 drivers for all its products. And then freely distribute the sources to help all the China,

Re: Microsoft's IP chief on TomTom, Linux and patents ..

2009-03-01 Thread 7
Andrew Halliwell wrote: 7 website_has_em...@www.enemygadgets.com wrote: The most vigorous way Tom Tom can defend itself is to eliminate support for micoshaft products and ask the Open Source community to help it write EXT2 drivers for all its products. And then freely distribute the sources