[Sheflug] Paul Allen Sues Tech Giants over 'Patent Violations'

[Richard Ibbotson <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello there

Whilst I was away in Manchester this afternoon in the Madlab for the 
Ubuntu U3 session an outbreak of the Microsoft version of SCO seems to 
have been let loose....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11117587

Not forgetting of course that Microsoft publicly claim that they "Love 
Linux".  Which means they would love to close it down.  At least, 
that's what the open source community believe.  A Groklaw reference to 
this....

http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2010/08/interval-licensing-v-aol-
apple-ebay-facebook-google-etc.html

and.... something from the Washington Post.......

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2010/08/paul_allen_versus_the_world_ex.html

So, please do have a good read if you are interested.  I would imagine 
that the fast moving internet which is largely based on non-Microsoft 
technologies and which can change at will in a short time due to the 
fact that it's largely based on open source technologies would easily 
find a way around any case that might or might not be proven in court.

-- 
Richard
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