[wuug-list] [wuug-forum] Zer0: MS and Patent garbage..

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Author: Zer0
Username: Zer0 (i209-195-65-170.cia.com)
Subject: MS and Patent garbage..
Forum: Software
Link: http://www.wuug.org/read.php?13,32,32#msg-32
Approved: Yes

Ok first of let me say that I'm not some crazy Micro$oft hater. I think there is a time and a place for MS products and they work great for some people. Just because I love open source doesn't mean I need to hate Windows I just choose not to use it much like how a gearhead prefers cars he/she can mess with over a family sedan.

But I digress, when MS pulls BS stunts like their recent patent attacks and shifty deals with Linux I want to hate MS.  I read desktoplinux.com daily and with all the recent articles about MS deals with various distro's to let them use propritary codecs etc have been getting me worried.

I know MS has something tricky up their sleeve, the devil's in the details here.. Actually I think we are signing a contract with the devil. Among the distro's who are seeking agreements with MS are.. Red Hat and Linspire (I'm sure there's more).

Now today I read that MS is complaining about 235 patents being violated by Linux and OSS. Take a freakin hike MS and get out of my OS!

eerrrr I'm so mad right now!

Anyone else following this?  How do you feel?