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Story: Patent directive 'could halt Linux development'
Posted by: bill gates (Wednesday 2 March 2005, 1:00 PM)
Mr. Malcom's incentive is obvious - "I'm an attorney, so saying things like this might drum up some business for me from those who don't know any better."
Patent infringements "acknowledged" by whom? Reminds me of Dr. Thompson's "rumor" in '72 that Ed Muskie was on some exotic Brazilian drug called Ibogaine. Only problem with the rumor was that it was started by Dr. Thompson himself.
This is also an example of a self-fulfilling prophecy - "I acknowledge that the Linux kernel has patent problems," so "you should hire me to fix your liability for you."
Attorneys never fail to disgust me.
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Story: Patent directive 'could halt Linux development'
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The most important thing is that we abolish softwa... Robert Weiler -
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