Ballmer repeats patent threats against Linux

[anandk]

Steve Ballmer has reissued Microsoft's patent threat against Linux, warning open-source vendors that they must respect his company's intellectual property.

...said the company's partnership with Novell, which it signed in November 2006, "demonstrated clearly the value of intellectual property, even in the open-source world."

Steve Ballmer The cross-selling partnership means that Microsoft will recommend Suse Linux for customers who want an environment mix of Microsoft and open-source software. It also involves a "patent cooperation agreement," under which Microsoft and Novell agreed not to sue each other for patent infringement.

*news.com.com/Ballmer+repeats+threats+against+Linux/2100-7344_3-6160604.html

Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse Group and American International Group are among those to take advantage of the Microsoft-Novell collaboration to roll out a mixed infrastructure of proprietary and open-source software.

 

[thunderbird.117]

He is a monkey boy. What do you expect MS to do other than threat,sue,copy and lies?.

 

[amitava82]

Ohhh plz give me a break. not another threat from the monkey. why dont M$ do something first (if they have guts) rather that make fun of themselves..

 

[borg]

As if Linux fanboys spare oppurtunites to bash Microsoft & their other rivals!. Microsoft is a corporate entity & will obviously try to bash the opposition. Everybody does the same...including Linux. Get over it.

He may be a monkey...but so are Linux fanboys.