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Situation: Microsoft is in court with a GPS company over some patents. Problem: News story is boring. Solution: Headline "Microsoft Sues Linux", add picture o
by cosmo7 18y ago
Situation: Microsoft is in court with a GPS company over some patents.
Problem: News story is boring.
Solution: Headline "Microsoft Sues Linux", add picture of Steve Ballmer looking mean. Sprinkle with spelling mistakes and "no word yet" unprofessionalisms. Lame.
- spot 18y agothe lawsuit includes the patent on long filenames in the fat32 filesystem. this is a big deal.
- alnayyir 18y agoaren't there BSD licensed solutions to this plus prior art?
- vaksel 18y agowelcome to the blogosphere
- staunch 18y agoWelcome to Silicon Alley Insider.
- eli 18y agoFrom the source blog post: Asked if this TomTom case is the start of a broader legal campaign over those alleged violations, Gutierrez said no. "Microsoft respects and appreciates the important role that open-source software plays in our industry and we respect and appreciate the passion and the great contribution that open-source developers make in our industry," Gutierrez said. He said that respect and appreciation is "not inconsistent with our respect for intellectual-property rights."