Actually, they were attempting to quote from a report by OSRM - the Open Source Risk Management folks who sell indemnification for Linux. Of course, being MS, they got it wrong. The study showed that there are 283 UNTESTED patents IN THE US (only the US recognizes them) that could be used to go after Linux. I say untested because the majority of SW patents fail when challenged, and none of these have been challenged in court. Of those that have been challenged in court and been upheld 0 (that's ZERO) can be used to challenge Linux.
Of course, MS manages to get the # wrong, the risk wrong, everything else. You expected the truth from them? jeff Original Message: Subject: Re: If you can't beat 'em... From: Chris Brenton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: GNHLUG Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 12:16:21 -0500 On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 09:39, Ted Roche wrote: > > It's good to hear that Microsoft is giving up on trying to diss FOSS or > compete with unfair comparisons, and is just threatening their > customers. Ya, my favorite quote: "Linux violates more than 228 patents, according to a recent report from a research group" Ohhhh, a _research group_. Well that sounds authoritative. I wonder how much MS paid for that study. ;-) Chris _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
