[ale] What do y'all think about Microsoft's new war?

[greg.freemyer at gmail.com (Greg Freemyer)]

On 5/14/07, JK <jknapka at kneuro.net> wrote:
> Michael B. Trausch wrote:
>
> > This is disturbing to me.  Microsoft has pretty much declared war on all
> > of us.  What happens if they succeed?  Do you think they will?
> >
> > I am sure that we all remember that back in November, Microsoft and
> > Novell entered into an agreement, stating that Microsoft was coming to
> > terms with Linux.  Interesting that now they are pretty much saying that
> > Free Software violates them and they are pretty much threatening to take
> > action against Free Software.  They want to destroy freedom.
> >
> > They're claiming that "the Linux kernel ... violates 42 Microsoft
> > patents", "Linux [GUIs violate] another 65", "[OpenOffice.org] ...
> > infringes 45 more", "E-mail programs infringe 15", and "other assorted
> > FOSS programs allegedly transgress 68".
> >
> > Is anyone else getting really sick of this crap?
> >
> >     -- Mike
>
> A URL, perhaps?

The url was hidden behind a link:

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/05/28/100033867/index.htm