Microsoft to Renault: It's Tax Time! Feb 4, 2008, 20 :30 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (8272 reads) (Other stories by Savio Rodrigues)
"I've asked this before, but why should a customer care about IP assurance? IP indemnification is a vendor issue, just like ensuring environmental rules or workplace safety regulations are being adhered to. It's a disgrace that vendors have made indemnification a customer concern.
"'Last year, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer implied that users of Linux distributions from vendors other than those with which it has patent deals--the list also includes Xandros and Linspire--could be hearing from the company. 'We've spent a lot of money licensing patents,' Ballmer said...'"
