Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: MS vs. Linux, formerly "top five mistakes of newbies"

Tell that to the courts. Unfortunately due to its deep pockets and its
willingness to drag cases on for years Microsoft frequently gets its way,
whether right or wrong. The mere threat of litigation causes most developers
to back off. It is a game that Microsoft knows well and uses to its
advantage to push developers to sign agreements. In other circumstances it
would be called extortion or blackmail.

Roy

Using Kubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, 64-bit
Location: Canada

On 21 October 2010 22:31, Paul <pfrederick1@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com <LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote:
> >
> > Afraid so. It's a done deal. The patent office in the US is in their
> pocket.
> > They have a long history of patenting things that they did not invent.
> They
> > call it rights elevator and not sudo and they are doing via GUI which
> gets
> > around the previous use problem, but essentially they have patented what
> has
> > been commonplace in Linux for years. So if we were to have a graphical
> > interface for sudo we would be in violation of their patent. It is U.S.
> > patent 7,617,530 and it was issued almost a year ago.
> > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091111094923390
> >
> http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/microsoft-launches-open-source-net-package-manager-163
> >
> http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Microsoft-to-Develop-own-Open-Source-Platform
> >
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> A patent is worthless if there is prior art. Just because you get a patent
> does not mean that it is worth the paper it is printed on! Or if what is
> patented is obvious to practitioners in a field either.
>
> I think one of my heroes sums up the whole patent debacle best:
>
> http://www.tinaja.com/glib/casagpat.pdf
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