Report: Microsoft says open source violates 235 patents

Posted by dcparris on May 13, 2007 6:35 PM
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Microsoft top lawyer Brad Smith alleges in a magazine report that the Linux kernel and OpenOffice.org violate hundreds of the company's patents.

[Notice that Ballmer doesn't claim that Microsoft actually honors "intellectual property". No, the company that likely violates more copyrights and patents than many companies put together simply lives in a world where people honor copyrights and patents. - dcparris]

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