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Microsoft & Linux Vendors Trading in Patent Fool's Gold

Well what do you know? Microsoft seems to be gaining ground with their "patent protection" scheme. But what if they discover they've only bought a few bricks of fool's gold?

This whole…

MS Sees No Conflict with Its Patent/Open Source Initiatives

Microsoft does not believe there is an inherent contradiction between its recent statements that free and open-source software infringes on 235 of its patents, and the veiled legal threats that go…

Linux To Microsoft: Touch one of us, fight us all

Microsoft's Windows operating system and Office desktop applications are threatened by open source code, but the company will be reluctant to file a patent suit, foundation officials said...

GPLv3 threatens Microsoft-Novell pact?

Novell is concerned that Microsoft could stop selling SUSE Linux coupons if the GPLv3 remains in its current form.

Its worries were aired in the delayed regulatory filing of its annual…

Proprietary vs Open Source: The Fight Continues

Proprietary software provider, Microsoft is again in the news with its CEO, Steve Ballmer, accusing the Linux community of infringing 235 untested patents. The software company has raised…

Linux Foundation Fires Back at Microsoft

Last week, Microsoft (MSFT) initiated what can only be described as a rather bizarre public-relations campaign in which they alleged that Linux and Open Office may violate hundreds of the software…

Open Source Advocates Unleash Fury at Microsoft

"The List" is nearly 500 names long, and growing rapidly. It might have started out as a light-hearted jab, but it has quickly become a flash point of the building fury in the open source software…

Microsoft vs. Open Source: Military Moves

We're now seeing Microsoft's true stripes. The performance of the products is a charade, an unfortunate cost of doing business in a once competitive market. The real means to profits and market…

Open source vendors fight back against Microsoft patent claims

Microsoft’s recent efforts to improve relationships with some in the open source community could be seriously undermined by this week’s claims that Linux infringes 235 Microsoft patents.

Microsoft Linux spat good news for Novell

Microsoft's claim that it has found 235 patent violations in open source software could be good news for Novell, if advice from Redmond is followed.

Microsoft representatives have told…