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Story: Linux users could face European patent threat

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Posted by: pround (Tuesday 25 September 2007, 8:13 PM)

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Protection Racket. Fantastic Analogy

I haven't heard it referred to as a protection racket before, but you know what, that is exactly what it looks like. From where I am sitting it looks like Microsoft are acting like old style gangsters using their patent portfolio as a threat to extort money out of Linux distributors and ultimately out of Linux users. Microsoft need to wake up and realise that the wind of change is blowing and people are getting pretty sick of their bullying tactics and sharp practices.

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