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1. Comment - Linux Foundation: We Have Our Own Patent 'Arsenal'

   (May 30, 2007 - 4:51 PM)

   Did MS say exactly which 'patents' Open Source violated? I was wondering because in all the BS I have heard about this, I haven't heard what all the commotion was about?
   
   It seems MS is only going to alienate more of its customer base with this issue.
   
   MS and their saber-rattling is the reason virus',malware, and spyware exist. This keeps the 'VIRUS/MALWARE/SPYWARE' industry going and going quite strong. Make no wonder Windows users finally get sick of Windows and switch to OS X and Linux. Heck, MS makes itself a target.
   
   Imagine if there was a cure for the common cold. Imagine how many billions of dollars pharmaceutical companies would lose if their already impotent 'Cold Cures' became pointless.
   Would the discoverer of the common cold cure make much money? Not on your life.
   
   MS acts on that premise because it needs companies like McAfee, Norton, and BitDefender to keep it in business. Windows Defender, Live Care, and its ridiculus firewall are garbage bits of software and are not worth the storage media its kept on. They are so bad that even without a 'patent', the GPL wouldn't touch it.
   
   Make no wonder Windows is the most pirated software on the face of this earth. People shouldn't have to pay for trash if they decide to use it. And the only reason they use it is because of MS saber-rattling and BS'ing them into using third rate software.