No Office For Linux, MS Patents Rejected

Bays Fil wrote to mention a ZDNet piece discussing the U.S. Patent Office's rejection of two Microsoft patents on the FAT file system. "There has been concern that if the FAT patents are upheld, Microsoft may claim that Linux infringes on Microsoft technology and will seek a royalty. Any monetary compensation could threaten the operating system, which under General Public License (GPL) terms may not be distributed if it contains patented technology that requires royalty payments." Relatedly, Dayrl writes "Microsoft reiterates its firm decision not to offer its Office Suite on Linux anytime soon. From the article: 'Microsoft is 100 percent focused on Windows: We have invested billions of dollars in it. We have created Office for the Mac but--and I thought I had been clear on this already when I said 'No'--we have no plans at this time to build Office on Linux,' Nick McGrath, Microsoft's head of platform strategy said.'

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EFPE

[BisexualPuppy]

FRIGNAAGE POSTGNAAGE !

I blame the UN!

[Anonymous Coward]

The UN and it's secret world government forces are behind this! The UN is EVIL, they want to enslave America and force us all to stop shaving our legs, armpits, and chests!

The UN must be stopped at all costs.

Stopped I tell you!

Re:too bad

[LehiNephi]

I know you were joking, but if you're really looking for something to hammer both cores on your beautiful X2, may I suggest Folding@Home? Donate your unused cycles to help find a cure for cancer.

Extra bonus for you if you join the team I'm on (see my sig).

Please stop with the 100% posts....

[Anonymous Coward]

it is a fucking EXPRESSION, not a STATISTIC!

Re:too bad

[grub]

Folding@Home? Nah, if you look at distributed.net's credit page you'll see me (grub) a couple of times. So I have loyalty to them :) (although it's been ages since I did anything for d.net...)