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Ballmer Threatens Linux Patent Lawsuits
gillbates writes "Today Microsoft warned several Asian countries that using Linux could subject them to lawsuits, claiming that Linux violates '228 patents'. Apparently, Steve Ballmer believes he can enforce U.S. law in Asia." Ballmer is presumably speaking about this story. So, companies which sell insurance against lawsuits and companies which make competing products both warn of the dangers of using Linux. Maybe someone should point out that Microsoft is battling dozens of patent-infringement lawsuits itself, and any user of Microsoft software (including governments) could also be sued?
Why use such inflammatory language?
People respect the site because it's a good source of information regarding ongoing legal cases, for chrissakes, not because of some sort of wierd cult worship!
You could be right, you could be wrong, I don't know. Anyone with a shred of common sense who can comment on this?
It's been a long time.
I think it was the Hundred Year War... a hundred centuries is 10,000 years. I don't think there was a kingdom of France or England in 8000 BC.
I have seen the future, and it is inconvenient.
A hundred century war ey? That's a mere 10.000 years there. Surprising that England and France were duking it out before the Egyptians had figured out how to stack stones...
A hundred year's war would do.