criminal use of linux

[Christopher Svanefalk]

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Christopher Svanefalk



On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Jack Craig <jack.craig.aptos at gmail.com>wrote:

> Typical M$ thinking, and within recent history, SCO!!
>

Thing did not go very well for SCO in the end.

Why is this not being brought into a courtroom, rather than companies just
paying licenses?


>
> Litigation, a sure death trap...
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Skunk Worx <skunkworx at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> Uh oh...
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/**2012/07/25/microsoft_patent_**deal_amdocs/<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/25/microsoft_patent_deal_amdocs/>
>>
>> "Microsoft has claimed since 2007 that more than 235 of its patents are
>> violated by the open source operating system Linux, while critics claim
>> Redmond has a cynical eye on the project as another source of revenue."
>>
>> Between the "Android Tax" and this, indemnification licensing appears to
>> be the only way to protect linux users from themselves.
>>
>> Oracle Linux Network : $119 per system, per year.
>> RedHat Desktop : $49 per system, per year (minimum).
>> RedHat Server  : $349 per system, per year (minimum).
>>
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>> John
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