Should Open Source Fear Microsoft Patents? Oct 13, 2007, 02 :00 UTC (12 Talkback[s]) (6917 reads) (Other stories by Sean Michael Kerner)
"So Microsoft is waving the patent stick. Again.
"Is there any substance to his latest claims about open source and Microsoft's patents? Somehow, that part got lost in the hyped-up coverage of his latest threats.
"This publication and many others published Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's comments when he once again claimed that somehow Linux users, in this case Red Hat Linux users, owed Microsoft over potential intellectual property infringement.
