Groklaw: MS and Indemnification Nov 13, 2004, 09 :00 UTC (8 Talkback[s]) (8018 reads) (Other stories by Pamela Jones)
"I'm sure you've heard the news. Microsoft is offering its customers indemnification, across the board, except for embedded products. And you will never believe what a coincidence it is, but Laura DiDio has simultaneously come out with what Microsoft calls an independent report on how horrible Linux users have it without Microsoft's wonderful indemnification. Oh, and Jeffrey P. Kushan, an attorney at the law firm, Sidley Austin, has a paper for you too, in which he does his level best to terrify you on the subject of patent litigation.
"Laura's paper is called, 'Indemnification Becomes Open Source's Nightmare and Microsoft's Blessing,' which just reeks of independence to me. She's got a little video you can watch too, on MS's Get the Facts page, which is a hard phrase to type with a straight face, with its 1984 overtones and all. I think we'd need to define the word 'facts.' Of course, you can only view it on Microsoft's media player. I hope the EU Commission reads Groklaw..."
