Re: [Sheflug] Microsoft claims that Linux infringes 235 patents

[Lesley Binks <lesley.binks@xxxxxxxxx>]

Richard Ibbotson wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Looks like they are at it again :)
> 
> http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/05/28/100033867/index.htm?section=money_latest
> http://lmaugustin.typepad.com/lma/2007/05/its_time_for_mi.html
> 
> meanwhile AMD have decided to deliver open graphics drivers....
> 
> http://enterpriselinuxlog.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/05/09/amd-will-deliver-open-graphics-drivers/
> 
> 
> 
well
....

We'll just have to see what happens with it all.  Do KDE or Gnome 
infringe any patent that Microsoft hasn't already tried to argue out 
with Apple and the Mac interface back in the 80s and 90s?

I wonder if it's worth re-training in patent law.  ;)

L.

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