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Shuttleworth Says No Patent Deals With Microsoft

Posted by kdawson on from the one-domino-not-falling dept.

christian.einfeldt writes "The FOSS press has speculated for some time now that Mark Shuttleworth would probably not agree to any patent 'protection' deals with Microsoft, but blogger Steven Rosenberg has found a page on Shuttleworth's personal blog ('Here Be Dragons') that unambiguously sets out Shuttleworth's opposition to Canonical's participation in any such deal. Rosenberg summarizes Shuttleworth's position in these terms: 'So there you have it — Canonical welcomes any efforts by Microsoft to improve "interoperability," isn't a fan of OpenXML, doesn't want to infringe on anybody's patents or trademarks, thinks Microsoft's threats are ill-advised, and would like to actually deal with the issue rather than respond out of fear.'

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  1. meanwhile at microsoft.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    ozzie: bitch, shuttle wont land, seems to have enough fuel.
    steve: time to look at that french company.

  2. Re:Everyone kinda knew. by JoeCommodore · · Score: 2, Funny

    Those that know what goes on with Macs look at Linux as a platform to switch to.

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  3. Re:Who? by jez9999 · · Score: 4, Funny

    You might at least say who this guy is. We aren't all experts on the personnel of every Linux distribution.

    Please turn in your Slashdotter card, and exit the building. The hounds will be released in 5 minutes. :-)

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  4. I guess a better way to phrase it would be by ClosedSource · · Score: 2, Funny

    Heaven forbid that you might learn something new on Slashdot.