“As I’ve noted before, I am something of a connoisseur of
Microsoft’s FUD against open source, in part because I believe each
successive FUD-flavour of the month gives important hints about the
evolution of the thinking and strategy within the company. The
latest development in this area, which revolves around patents, is
no exception – not least because I think people are drawing
the wrong conclusions from it. The patent issue has really come to
the fore through last year’s Microsoft-Novell agreement. This may
be the most high-profile instance of Microsoft insinuating that
GNU/Linux is infringing on some of its patents, but it is by no
means the only one…”