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

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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

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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

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