“Microsoft has put a firm number, well, firm so far, of 235 of
its patents it says Linux and other open source software
violate.“With each announcement, Microsoft, in effect, strengthens the
likelihood that it will take formal legal action, because if it
does not and allows these patents to continue to be violated, it
may forever lose its ability to enforce them. It has been
cross-licensing up a storm but should eventually shift to
enforcement.“So how concerned should you be…?”
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