Linux-Watch: Microsoft Set to Attack Linux with Patents?

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"Is Microsoft getting ready to attack Linux and open-source software with its patents?

"Florian Mueller, spokesman for the European NoSoftwarePatents.com and a leading anti-patent activist, thinks that may be the case. Mueller sees a recent Forbes interview with Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer as stopping just 'short announcing patent litigation against Linux...'"

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