“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…'”