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Will Microsoft Code-Checking Plans Cripple the GPL?

Posted by timothy on from the end-run dept.

Infonaut was one of many readers to point out that "Thomas C. Green at The Register seems to think Microsoft is after far more than the 'ubiquitous security' they're pitching to the mainstream press. In this lengthy article, he contends that Microsoft's latest plans are in many ways an attempt to kill Linux by rendering GPL'ed software unusable. Yep, that's freedom to innovate, I'd say."

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  1. ARE WE SURPRISD?!? by VEGx · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Of course they're trying to kill linux

  2. Re:Bah. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I chuckle that they think that when forced to choose between MS and GPL, people will go with MS. That's not a safe assumption to make... not a safe one at all.

    Not safe? I would put my life's savings on it. 99.9% of the world has never even heard of GPL. 95% think Linux is a program that runs in Windows. You are sorely deluded if you think that Microsoft will topple that easily.

  3. Re:Where did you say you wanted to go today? by sharkey · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Actually, that will probably be the song chosen for the Palladium launch ad campaign, given the MS track record. Remember Windows 95? "You make a grown man cry!"

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