Intellectual Ventures Does Not Like GNU/Linux

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2007-12-10 00:54:49 UTC
Modified: 2007-12-10 00:54:49 UTC

Nathan Myhrvold from Microsoft is now managing Intellectual Ventures, which is arguably a bigger patent troll than Acacia [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]. We mentioned this company before because Microsoft could use Intellectual Ventures for lawsuits against competitors like Linux, by proxy [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].

Watch the following recent video and jump to 35:20, which contains some GNU/Linux FUD. For future reference, as you can see, this guy is quite hostile towards open source. This includes myths about the technical abilities of Free software programmers, user friendliness, cost, etc. ⬆

Tentative Summary of Things to Publish in Project 2030: I'll still be in my forties by then
Rust People: Drain the Swap, You're Holding It Wrong: Does Rust make sense?
Slopwatch: LinuxSecurity, linuxconfig.org, and Plagiarised Phoronix: Many articles out there are nowadays fake
Gemini Links 20/09/2025: Snowy Photos and utism is a Spectrum: Links for the day
Microsoft-Sponsored Xenophobia and Nationalism: IBM is very similar in this regard
Vintage is Sometimes Better: Why can't we get back to "simple" if (or where) "simple" means better?
Climate Breakdown Means We'll be Publishing More, Not Less: Press freedom will be a common, recurring theme
Our 5-Year Geminispace Anniversary is Coming Up: I still remember when Gemini Protocol was quite new
It's Right to Point Out Violence From the Right: Violence is a recurring theme
Web Browsers That "Do Hey Hi" (AI): State-of-the-art plagiarism or "autocomplete on steroids" (not coined by us, nevertheless a nice description) don't have much/any prospect
Links 20/09/2025: Hardware Projects in View, Some Independent Publishers About Russia Prosper After Cheeto Cuts Funding: Links for the day
Gemini Links 20/09/2025: Options and TV Time Machine: Links for the day
Links 20/09/2025: Retrocomputer, Antique Phone Experience, and More: Links for the day
Links 20/09/2025: Internet Shutdowns, Media Censorship, and Climate Worries: Links for the day
About 700 New Gemini Capsules in 13 Months (or 54 Per Month): 4.8K would represent a 20% increase
Techrights the Name Turns 15: About 6 weeks from now we turn 19
Microsoft is Running Out of Time and Floating Fake Figures, Fake Projects, Fake Narratives, Fake Excuses: Also, a lot of Microsoft's "revenue" claims are circular financing (i.e. Microsoft buying from itself, which means Ponzi-like fraud)
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, September 19, 2025: IRC logs for Friday, September 19, 2025
Gemini Links 20/09/2025: Navigating the Pressures of Modern Life and SpellBinding Accidentally Wrote Another Gemini Server: Links for the day
Links 19/09/2025: Press Freedom Dying in US, Anti-Austerity Strikes in France, and Alan Rusbridger to Leave 'Prospect': Links for the day
European Patent Office Illegally Gutting and Outsourcing Its Functions, Acting Like an Above-the-Law Commercial Business (It Won't Stop at Formalities Officers (FOs) and Classification Slop at the EPO): breaking/violating laws and conventions
Offloading to the Sister Site: In the interest of not overwhelming readers
Links 19/09/2025: Coffee Club and "SpellBinding is Now Absurdly Fast": Links for the day
Links 19/09/2025: Lobbyist of American GAFAM Becomes Data Protection Commissioner in Europe: Links for the day
Links 19/09/2025: Media Freedom Ceases to Exist in US, "Consider Dropping Twitter/X": Links for the day
Gemini Links 19/09/2025: Thinking and Insect Bites: Links for the day
Microsoft E.E.E.: Git Will Now (or Very Soon) Fully Depend on Rust, Which is Controlled by Microsoft: Microsoft now makes Git dependent on Rust, or making Git dependent on GitHub, which is proprietary
The Right to Punch People (Apparently): At Brett Wilson, Brett's job title is "Head of Crime" and Wilson normalises calls for violence
Slop or Fake Articles Have Turned Linux Journal From a Pioneering/Trailblazing "Linux" Magazine Into a Nuisance: some sites with former reputation - good reputation - turn into cesspools
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, September 18, 2025: IRC logs for Thursday, September 18, 2025
Brett Wilson LLP Seem to Have Had Only One Litigation Client in 2025, He Was Previously Charged, Just Like the Serial Strangler From Microsoft (Whom They Now Represent): Karma is superstition, regulators are not
Project 2030 to Cover How "Project 2025"-Styled Anti-Media Zealots From America Targeted Techrights and Tux Machines: The common denominator is also their attacks on women
Brett Wilson LLP Failed to Meet Deadlines Set by Judge 7 Months Earlier, Tried to Ruin Our Holiday, Then Had the Audacity to Ask Us for Over 3,000 Pounds for Its Own Lateness: As a matter of principle we will never respond to assassin while we are on holiday
On Claims That After Bluewashing Red Hat Will Increasingly Become an Indian Company: Discussed this week (long and detailed)
Americans Attacking British Sites Only Months After They Leave America: We find it kind of funny if not ironic that this site, originally an American site, got legal harassment only from Americans and only months after it had moved to the UK
Despite Losing Over a Quarter Million Dollars a Year Software in the Public Interest (SPI) Gives Helping Hand to Libreboot: SPI's financial state depends a lot on its public image or its reputation
Slopwatch: Google Helps Plagiarism and Sends Traffic to Ripoff Artists: That Google as a company helps spamfarms is noteworthy
If You Want to Know the Future, Listen to the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and Andy Farnell: We're sure the FSF will have plenty of its own output
Links 18/09/2025: A Taliban Ban on Internet Access and Troubled US Job Market: Links for the day
Gemini Links 18/09/2025: Computer Literacy and Accessing Alhena's Database: Links for the day
Links 18/09/2025: US War on Media (Truth Banned, Cancel Culture by the Hard Right), NYT Chief Executive Warns Cheeto is Deploying ‘Anti-press Playbook': Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, September 17, 2025: IRC logs for Wednesday, September 17, 2025

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