<div class="gmail_quote">Gee, I almost missed this one!<br><br>On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Thomas Cameron <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thomas.cameron@camerontech.com" target="_blank">thomas.cameron@camerontech.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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> I must confess that I'm not very strong on opinions; I'm better on facts.<br>
</div><br>Then you should probably try finding some. The drivel below is complete<br>
fantasy.<br>
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> 2006. Microsoft sends a letter to Red Hat pretending that the Linux<br>
> kernel infringes 235 of their patents and that they'll have to pay<br>
> royalties.<br>
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</div>Wrong.<br>
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> Red Hat answers: "Yeah, no problem! Send the patent list."<br>
> Somehow, it seems that Microsoft lost the list. Red Hat, who was eager<br>
> to pay, never received it.<br>
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</div>So wrong as to be laughable. Red Hat has maintained all along that<br>
there is nothing to pay, that Microsoft has never actually provided<br>
evidence of any infringement. Red Hat made crystal clear that it did<br>
not enter into any patent agreement with Microsoft when it did the<br>
cross-certification work last year around running Windows as a guest on<br>
on RHEL and running RHEL as a guest on Windows.<br>
<br>
See Q5 at <a href="http://www.redhat.com/promo/svvp/" target="_blank">http://www.redhat.com/promo/svvp/</a><br>
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</div>Seriously - next time you pump this crap onto the list, please check<br>
your facts.<br>
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</div></blockquote></div>So, Thomas Cameron thinks I really meant Red Hat was waiting for Microsoft's patent infringement list with a check book in hand? Interesting...<br><br>Red Hat is no place for Olympia Academy style pranksters, just for brain dead serious people, right?<br>
<br>Google, you better beware!<br><br>Thanks for the insight!<br>