● 04.18.07

●● Patent Manoeuvres Fight Free Software, Have Roots in Microsoft’s Past

Posted in Bill Gates, Courtroom, Microsoft, Patents at 3:54 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Have a look at this mind-boggling antitrust exhibit. This is Microsoft’s response to a small business that offered free software.

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[Bill Gates:] “At some point we will have to consider the patents they violate. I am unclear of what their business strategy is with the free version. It is a good product developed by a surprisingly lean team of people.”

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It turns out that this strategy, whereby one uses patents to stifle progress of smaller competitors, is by no means new. This is precisely what Microsoft intends to do in order to hinder GNU/Linux adoption. Novell seems to just let it happen.

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