LXer: Report: Microsoft says open source violates 235 patents
 

Published at LXer:

Microsoft top lawyer Brad Smith alleges in a magazine report that the Linux kernel and OpenOffice.org violate hundreds of the company's patents. [Notice that Ballmer doesn't claim that Microsoft actually honors "intellectual property". No, the company that likely violates more copyrights and patents than many companies put together simply lives in a world where people honor copyrights and patents. - dcparris]

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That's pathetic. We can only hope that someone tells them to STFU before they become a laughing stock like SCO... :cry:

The original article linked here, is a real eye-opener. If I was MS, seeing this kind of analysis in the mainstream press, I'd be getting a little fidgety.