From a recent interview:

[Linus:] "Personally, I think it's just posturing. And if it results in more companies doing patent cross-licencing with Microsoft, I think Microsoft will be happy - that may well be the primary motivation. But I'm not a lawyer, nor do I intend to start playing one on TV (or in the tech press). So this is just my personal interpretation. The fact that Microsoft didn't actually name any of the patents makes me think it's just FUD and hot air."

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This short item invites readers to ask Linus Torvalds further questions that will be answered. Speaking of which, earlier today I sent out our questions to Mark Shuttleworth. Most of the questions, which were proposed by our readers, are purely technical.