[mdlug] Microsoft: Linux violates 235 MS patents

[bob dion]

Ingles, Raymond wrote:
>> From: Robert Meier
> 
>> Unfortunately the threat, though riddled with self-inconsistencies and 
>> statements contradictory to common observation, is sufficient to influence
>> businesses at a time when they are deciding what 64-bit infrastructure
>> to invest in, manufacturers what infrastructure to embed, and
>> politicians what public fears will get votes.
> 
>  But there's no reason at all to lose hope. Indeed, one may take heart in
> the recent Supreme Court decision regarding patents as noted here:
> 
>  http://www.linuxjournal.com/comment/reply/1000221
> 
>  It's become much easier to toss out patents now. Still not at all cheap,
> but companies now face greater risks if they try to use their patents
> agressively, which will blunt this threat considerably...

...and all this while MS attorneys are arguing against software patents 
in the Supreme Court.

http://www.betanews.com/article/Supreme_Court_Debates_Patentability_of_Software/1172097039

BD