Monthly Archives: June 2007
Ubuntu won’t join the FUD wagon
The blogosphere was abuzz recently with rumors about the next Microsoft Patent FUD collaborator/victim. All eyes were on Ubuntu which has gained immense popularity in the past year as a Linux Distro. Mark Shuttleworth CEO of Canonical slammed the door … Continue reading
LG joins the FUD brigade
Microsoft has now signed up LG for a “Patent Swap” agreement and of course they just HAD to mention that it included use of “patented Microsoft technology” in its products, including Linux-based devices. As in the Novell deal Microsoft ends … Continue reading
Divide and Conquer
And another one has caved. Microsoft has signed a Novell like deal with Xandros. Part of the deal – the usual FUD line of “Patent Protection”. Another opportunity for Ballmer et. al. to go screaming out to the world saying … Continue reading