Microsoft, its time to officially rescind the Linux lawsuit threats

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jul 30, 2008 10:31 AM EDT
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At this point in the game, Microsoft should really come clean with a statement that rescinds its Linux/patent/suing threat altogether. Granted, Microsoft put itself in a hard spot with this one, since it had its channel singing the same tune for those murky months after the threat. If it stands up says,"Sorry, just kidding!" that won't make the channel partners happy, particularly if they used the threat to convince customers they must buy SUSE or Windows over Red Hat and other distros. But the fact is, we are seeing actions by Microsoft that indicate that the"suing Linux users" jig is up.

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