Tuxera
Category:Microsoft Proxies
Tuxera collaborates with Microsoft and sells access to patent-encumbered filesystems. In 2019 Microsoft changed the strategy somewhat.
Our posts about the company, in order of key events:
Boycott Tuxera File Systems
Tuxera GPL Violations Alleged
SUSE Fans Walk Away, Tuxera Linux Tax Still Abound
Openwashing Linux Tax: OpenSUSE and Tuxera
When Microsoft Enters Linux We See Linux FUD
Microsoft’s Partner Tuxera Tries to Add Patent Tax to Android Through Linux, Intel Plays Along With MeeGo
Microsoft Offers More Filesystem Patent Traps (While Suing Over Them Again), Red Hat’s Rob Tiller Speaks
Tuxera and Ulteo Repeat Novell’s Mistake
Red Hat’s CEO Dismisses Software Patents and Microsoft Uses Tuxera to Spread Them to Linux/Android
Novell Makes Its Relationship With MeeGo More Formal (and Filled With the Mono Patent Trap), Tuxera Spreads exFAT Patent Trap
Patents Roundup: Acacia, i4i, Tuxera, Monsanto, Apple, and Microsoft
Apathy Towards Microsoft is a Disease© (“Microsoft has a new license for exFAT, charging a flat $300,000 fee to manufacturers who want to use it in their products”)
Patents Roundup: Software Patents Seen as Harmful to Innovation, Tuxera Discussion Continues
Microsoft Insider/Partner Warns All That Microsoft “Destroys” Partners
Patents Roundup: Tuxera Came to Microsoft, TiVo Misbehaves, Updates on Facebook and Amazon
Microsoft Manipulates Patent Laws; DOJ, HP and Dell Help Microsoft
Another Warning Sign for Mono Proponents: NTFS and FAT
For better filesystems, consider HFS, FFS, or EXT
Tuxera collaborates with Microsoft and sells access to patent-encumbered filesystems. In 2019 Microsoft changed the strategy somewhat.Our posts about the company, in order of key events:
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2009
For better filesystems, consider HFS, FFS, or EXT