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Microsoft's Marshall Phelps On Patents And Linux

Posted by timothy on from the cross-purposes dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft's Marshall Phelps says he is running 'a licensing shop, not a litigation shop.' Bill Gates's intellectual property guru talks to Brad Stone about Redmond's new emphasis on patents, why he can't license Microsoft IP to distributors of open source software -- and why he shouldn't be feared."

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  1. Re:First POst? o_0 by MukiMuki · · Score: -1, Troll

    No, you moron, second post. This aside, I wonder how much longer before the bullsheet runs too deep and this software patent crap is tossed out the window.

    Yes, kill software patents. Now.

    Software copyright is still there. You can still sue cheating a-holes who steal your stuff. But please stop people from patenting g**damn math equations. Jesus.

  2. patent industry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Cloth industry gave jobs for tailors and strippers.

  3. Goodbye Microsoft - bye bye! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I stopped using them three years ago when I tore apart two laptops with me bare hands.

    They owned the machines even though I paid for them.

    buh-bye! (okay kid - leave)

    Anyone notice the Hebrew font in the Mandrake 10 O/S load USA language assignment? It is right at the TOP.

    According to the French / Mandrake, pretty strong statement on who is running the USA.
    (USA = BOMB BOMB BOM THOSE A-RABS)

    Good luck
    -and git off your ass and fix and administrate the LINUX.