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Now Here's a Step Toward the Linux-Microsoft Detente

May 15, 2007

An article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer says that Microsoft "put a new twist into its rivalry with open-source software Monday by getting specific about one of its most controversial claims -- saying that Linux and other free programs violate 235 of its patents." The article makes clear, however, that the software giant did not say it was considering legal action.

Note to Bill: The wisdom is to keep your enemies closer. Not angry.

 

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