Here Come the Pro-patents Shills
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2006-12-04 17:48:03 UTC
- Modified: 2006-12-10 05:41:51 UTC
A misinformed & self-serving perspective from a pro-Microsoft figure has just been
published by CNET [rel="nofollow"]. It should very well demonstare why you must boycott Novell.
The days of kumbaya, where vendors are locked arm in arm singing open-source love songs to "grow the market" through co-opetition are over.
Comments in this article prove it to be flamebait, but judge this for yourselves. Don't let it make you angry. Instead, remember that some people live in a bubble where ideas as fundamental as eCommrse become a personal property.
Related reading:
Big businesses boast of patent benefits, for small businesses
A report published by an EU task force on intellectual property claims that small businesses benefit from a patent system, despite lacking almost any participation by the small business community.
Instead, the report, titled IPR (intellectual property rights) for competitiveness and innovation, was written up almost entirely by large corporations and the patent industry.
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The report does note objections from the likes of patentfrei.de and Sun Microsystems, which were recorded at some length in the report. But this does not appear to have impacted the conclusion of the report in any way
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Jean-Pierre Laisne, of ObjectWeb, an open source software community, said that he found the report useless: participants were told that all their contributions would be recorded but at the end only those of Business Software Alliance and Microsoft were used.
Even opinions that came from Linux vendors were altogether ignored.
Comments
Draconishinobi
2006-12-05 05:05:50
"It reveals that many open-source backers fundamentally don't understand the software business. When vendors compete, customers win. This is good."
Since when is M$ about competition ? They are a monopoly ... where is the competition he is talking about ?
"The days of kumbaya, where vendors are locked arm in arm singing open-source love songs to "grow the market" through co-opetition are over."
Over my dead body !
"Microsoft is growing up after its antitrust issues. It is actually listening to its customers."
Oh ? Got proof ?
"It should be of no surprise to anyone that Microsoft holds numerous patents that Linux violates--it's just that polite company in the software industry won't say this aloud. You see, Microsoft hired folks like Dave Cutler out of DEC to build Windows NT, and it is actually an industrial-class operating system."
Ok, that's going to far ... seriously, this guy is THE SHILL !