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Casio Paying Microsoft To Use Linux

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday September 20, 2011 @10:36AM from the you-never-get-rid-of-the-dane dept.

theodp writes "Will Tux be a rainmaker for Microsoft? GeekWire reports that Microsoft has struck a deal with Casio to provide Casio's customers with coverage for their use of Linux in Casio devices. The agreement, which calls for Microsoft to receive payments of an undisclosed amount, is an implicit acknowledgment of Microsoft's longstanding claims that Linux violates its patents, an assertion that members of the open-source community have long disputed."

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Re:Shameful and anti-competitive by EvanED · 2011-09-20 10:58 · Score: 3, Funny

Microsoft are a disgusting, disgraceful and unethical company.
In other words... they're a company?
Sex by xs650 · 2011-09-20 15:40 · Score: 3, Funny

That is like having to pay a hooker before you can have sex with your girl friend.