LXer: Ballmer: "Number of patents Linux infringes on is declining"

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10-10-2007, 11:20 AM	#1
LXer LXer NewsBot Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 128,287 Rep:	LXer: Ballmer: "Number of patents Linux infringes on is declining" Published at LXer: Short patent timeline: 16 May 1991: "If people had understood how patents would be granted when most of today's ideas were invented, and had taken out patents, the industry would be at a complete standstill today." - Bill Gates, Challenges and Strategy Memo Aug, 2004: OSDL releases a study saying Linux may infringe 283 patents; Ballmer leaves away the word "may" May 2007: Brad Smith claims Linux potentially infringes 235 patents Oct 2007: Ballmer claims Linux potentially infringes 153 patents Conclusion: Number of Microsoft patents filed at USPTO grows, but number of MS patents Linux potentially infringes on is declining. Read More...

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