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That's a historical misrepresentation. There were no treads against the "traditional" Linux desktops from Microsoft. There were, however, a lot of mediocre desi
by stormking 4y ago
That's a historical misrepresentation. There were no treads against the "traditional" Linux desktops from Microsoft. There were, however, a lot of mediocre designers who wanted to "be like Apple".
- AreYouSirius 4y ago
- lproven 4y agoHow many citations would you require before you believe it? https://www.mercurynews.com/2007/05/15/microsoft-says-linux-open-office-free-e-mail-step-on-patents/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2007/05/15/microsoft-says-linux-... https://www.computerworld.com/article/2566211/study--linux-may-infringe-on-283-patents.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/2566211/study--linux-m... https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/05/28/100033867/ https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007... https://www.theregister.com/2004/11/18/ballmer_linux_lawsuits/ https://www.theregister.com/2004/11/18/ballmer_linux_lawsuit... https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/patent-suit-against-red-hat-novell-threatens-open-source-world-59806.html https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/patent-suit-against-red-h... https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240057754/Open-source-is-a-threat-admits-Microsoft https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240057754/Open-source-i...
- denton-scratch 4y agoI don't think commenters are denying there was a legal threat; I think they seem to be denying that threat was the motivation for Unity.
- meragrin_ 4y agoI was into really into Linux and had M$ derangement syndrome at the time. Nothing in those really relate to GNOME and Unity. Who are you going to believe? People trying to stoke fear or an important GNOME project member? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32258035 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32258035