Miark wrote:
It probably refers to this organization. There was a lot of
talk about it last year.
http://www.osriskmanagement.com/
http://www.osriskmanagement.com/pdf_articles/OSRMMSStatement.pdf
Typical corporate grifters, tryin' to make a buck off o'
peoples' unfounded fears and artificial desires. Special place
in hell for those folk.
Actually, it's looks like it's the other of two scenarios.
Instead of it being a company that's just out to kill Linux,
it's a company that's making relatively factual statements that
Linux haters are perverting and taking out of context.
Case in point, these people made the patent statement, and
then Ballmer took it, perverted it, and then tried used it
against Linux. These guys published the following response,
essentially saying that while their claims were accurate, it's
conclusion is the opposite of Ballmers:
"The bottom line is there___s no reason to believe that Windows,
Solaris, AIX, or any other functionally similar operating system
has any less risk of infringing patents than does Linux."
Check it out, it's very short (less than one page):
http://www.osriskmanagement.com/pdf_articles/OSRMMSStatement.pdf
This is only true if they have evidence that these patents are being
violated. If they don't they're using FUD to drum up business.
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