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Patent Deals With Microsoft Mean Death To Linux?

[ Thanks to Matt D. for
this link. ]

“For sometime there, I generally figured that once the next
revision of the GPL came about, all of these deals that are being
made with Microsoft will eventually be put to bed. I was also
delighted to see Mandriva standing against the alleged patent
violations that Microsoft brought up time and again.

“They clearly state that they, like other Linux distributors,
are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. But this kind
of backbone becomes a moot point when other companies are all but
lining up to gain Microsoft’s blessing…”

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