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Author of Linux Patent Study Contradicts Ballmer

Posted by michael on from the that's-unpossible dept.

An anonymous reader sends us this EWeek story, following-up on the recent Linux patent scare. The author of the patent study is contacted, and says, "Open source faces no more, if not less, legal risk than proprietary software. The market needs to understand that the study Microsoft is citing actually proves the opposite of what they claim it does."

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  1. GNAA FP MOTHERFUCKERS by Linux-based-robots · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    read it and weep!

  2. Who cares about Ballmer? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I'm more worried about the plot-hole in the Lord of the Rings.

    As the movie shows, Elrond and Isildur with the Ring were once in the Mountain of Doom. Why didn't Elrond cast Isildur down the chasm as soon as it became evident that Isildur himself wasn't up to the task?

    Help me! I cannot enjoy this masterpiece again until I've been given a satisfactory answer. Please don't tell me that the pure Elrond was also tempted by the Ring!!

    1. Re:Who cares about Ballmer? by grasshoppa · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Dude, it would have destroyed the matrix, wasting fields upon fields of human crops.

      Duh.

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    2. Re:Who cares about Ballmer? by Thunderstruck · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Of course elrong was tempted by the ring - as was Galadriel... But more to the point, it is evil to take the lives of those whose only crime is to fall victim to the ring. This is why nobody ever killed Gollum. Elrond, like Gandalf, was wise and knew this.

      That work for you?

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    3. Re:Who cares about Ballmer? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      it is evil to take the lives of those whose only crime is to fall victim to the ring.

      Isn't that like saying that "It's OK to be a terrorist as long as you're not the ring-leader?".

      Fuck that. Elrond should have taken care of the business once and for all.

    4. Re:Who cares about Ballmer? by Monf · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      Dude, it might have caused a bit of a problem if Elrond walked back out of the mountain alone and said "I just threw your new king down the hole..."

      Then again, the elves took their 3 rings with them across the water, knowing that the 3 were, in the end, controlled by the one.

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    5. Re:Who cares about Ballmer? by Phroggy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Elrond should have taken care of the business once and for all.

      If Elrond, or anyone else, had killed Gollum when they had the chance, all of Middle Earth would have fallen to Sauron.

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  3. Re:CAN I BE? THAT I PEE? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sunday Night Homies

    Gimme some knuckles, yo!

  4. Re:Not really by Hatta · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Study concludes A.

    MS decides B.
    MS distributes B across the globe, everyone repeats. End of story.

    Funny, that's the same thing governments have been doing with marijuana for years.
    Scary how effective it is.

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  5. move your "existing i.t. staff" to use linux. by oliverthered · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I'm working on it.

    What do you get when you cross knopix, a pc with a Windows install and something that can convert the windows setup into a linux setup (by reading the regestry &co).

    Plug and play Linux.

    I'm starting with simple things like networe ,users and desktop configuration. But evrything from netmounts and printer shares to ODBCConfiguration and Startment layouts should be possible

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  6. Re:Not really by RWerp · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    pointing at George "Read my lips" Bush as a cautionary tale.

    Bush did not lie, he broke his promise. Politicians sometimes have to do that, because the situation changes unexpectedly (I have no clue whether Bush Sr. had to, I only want to point out that lying and breaking a promise are two different things).

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