Author of Linux Patent Study Contradicts Ballmer

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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move your "existing i.t. staff" to use linux.

[oliverthered]

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