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May. 14th, 2007 07:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
janestarzBad news! Microsoft wants your money! You knew that, ofcourse. But if you cheated them out of 'their' money by running an alternative operating system (like Linux) or using free software, available on the internet, they wants their preciousss.
I love the way the second link in the article, the one to CNN, displays Steve Ballmer as the corporate prick waving his hands around, while the founder of the free software association looks like a bum.
And I wonder when we're going to have to buy a subscription in order to see sites. Because, you know, Microsoft invented the internets. (No they didn't).
Microsoft Says Free Software Violates 235 Patents
Posted by Zonk on Monday May 14, @01:26AM
from the rut-roh-raggy dept.
prostoalex writes "Microsoft told Fortune magazine that various free software products violate at least 235 patents, and it's time to expect users of this software to pay up patent licensing royalties: 'Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith and licensing chief Horacio Gutierrez sat down with Fortune recently to map out their strategy for getting FOSS users to pay royalties. Revealing the precise figure for the first time, they state that FOSS infringes on no fewer than 235 Microsoft patents.'"
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I love the way the second link in the article, the one to CNN, displays Steve Ballmer as the corporate prick waving his hands around, while the founder of the free software association looks like a bum.
And I wonder when we're going to have to buy a subscription in order to see sites. Because, you know, Microsoft invented the internets. (No they didn't).
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Date: 2007-05-14 07:11 am (UTC)