MS FUD: The response

[bonzodog]

Yes, there has already been a response from the FLOSS Community:

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199600443 - Linus Torvalds Response over kernel claims.

http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/what_we_did - Jonathan Schwartz of Sun Microsystems.

[koshatnik]

I posted the sun one on another thread - its a great article. It's all clearly FUD from MS. Maybe they should spend more time getting their crappy products right.

[newbie2]

Another move in the software patent game.

IBM is offering a patent covenant to implementers of a bunch of IT standards, with the catch being that you lose all of the covenant protection if you sue over any patent that reads on any software that's also covered by the covenant.

(via LWN)

Useful mutual defense to counter the "Linux infringes Microsoft patents" FUD.

Now the only thing missing is for someone to wave a number around, saying that's how many IBM patents Microsoft infringes, and will get sued for if it attacks Linux. Someone want to come up with one? It will be News. Free ink for your law firm.

Of course, publishing the number itself isn't really IBM's style. Microsoft, for some reason, is adopting the old Soviet Union strategy of the May Day parade, while the other side's deterrent is kept a little more discreet.
http://www.linuxworld.com/community/?q=node/818
http://lwn.net/Articles/241340/
:rolleyes:=D>

[23meg]

Eben Moglen's response was also great:

http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/05/14/summit-2007-eben-moglen-on-microsofts-summer-of-fear/