Linux desktop lacks innovation

[Liam Proven]

On Nov 14, 2007 6:37 AM, Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 21:51 -0600, Tommy Trussell wrote:
> > Standard Ubuntu looks and feels like Windows in some specific, patent
> > protected ways. So Microsoft may have a case against it.
>
> That might be, but IMHO the moment _anyone seriously pushes the broken
> patent system by using patents offensively against a competitor in a
> strike such as threatened by MS, it will all come down and take half of
> the software industry with it. And they know it. Why do you think it's
> always just empty threats?

I think that was a rhetorical question, but I'll answer it anyway.

MS isn't making any threats yet. It's just saying it has grounds to do
so in future, and it's right, it does.

Why is it making these noises instead of doing something?

For now, I think it's trying to scare or intimidate Linux distributors
and vendors into signing patent sharing clauses and the like.

Meanwhile, this buys it time to work out who to sue and how.

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