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IBM Has 'No Intention' of Using Patents Against Linux
bendelo writes "In his keynote address on Wednesday at LinuxWorld, IBM Senior Vice President of Technology and Marketing Nick Donofrio assured the Linux nation his company would not assert its formidable patent portfolio against the Linux kernel and strongly advocated others to promise the same. This comes following an independent study by insurance firm OSRM who revealed this week that the Linux kernel might use up to 283 patented methods. This seems a smart move by the Big Blue to help counter the FUD going around." A zdnet.com.com story has a response from Bruce Perens, who basically says he wants to see it in writing. :)
IBM has no intentions of using patents against Linux.
where is it, i wanna move there, geographically speaking
Microsoft has no intention to release all source code and blow up Redmond.
Intel has no intention of changing its slogan to "Not As Good As AMD Inside".
RIAA has no intention of suing its customers- wait...
Differences between women and big companies:
Big Companies Definition of 'No Intention':
I do not plan on doing any thing until it is more profitable for me to sue them
Women's Definition of 'No Intention':
Never in a million years are you going to get it any more.
The two most powerful forces in the world constantly keeping us down!
Lawyers: Phew. That'll be $167,456.
Who do you get to be an expert to tell you something's not obvious? The least insightful person you can find? -J Roberts
"unless of course we are forced to defend ourselves"
Is that 'defend' in terms of responding to attack, or defend as in 'bombing the shit out of Iraq'?
Oddly Draconis
Too cynical to live, too stubborn to die.
Ok.. time to face up to the truth... Microsoft personnel descovered /.
Well, I can't see through all of this FUD...
Were you trying to be funny or just annoying ?
Here is a sampling of large corps and some of the other stuff they also think about:
..market share...market share...
SUN: How to crush Microso...er, enemies.
Microsoft:
Diebold: Who do we want to win the next election?
As you can see, there are plenty of other motiv^H^H..er, objectives for corporations to ponder over. You could compare profits with gas for a car - you don't go far without it.
You've got to love that phrase "no intention".
Hearing makes me want to reply
I understand why it's used: the person talking cannot speak authoritatively for the organization.
Still annoying, though.
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Bah, I found prior art for the transmogrifier
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IBM: 802 lb gorilla. You: Little monkey going around shouting "promissory estoppel, promissory estoppel"
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