LXer: Retaliations, Extortions, and Protection Rackets Hurting GNU/Linu

LXer · 04-20-2007, 05:46 PM

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Samsung has just made a Novell-type deal with Microsoft. It would be unsurprising if Samsung came under pressure by Microsoft. There is little or no reason to suspect that Samsung approached Microsoft and sought coverage for its use of Linux.

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jschiwal · 04-20-2007, 05:54 PM

Samsung sells some devices such as their phones that use an embedded windows OS. So Microsoft may have had some leverage against Samsung.