[kwlug disc.] microsoft 235 patents

[Shuchit]

Chris Bruner wrote:
> Apparently according to 
> http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/05/28/100033867/index.htm?section=money_latest 
> Microsoft is accusing Linux of using 235 of it's patented algorithms. 
> Microsoft is also distributing Linux due to the Novel contract.
> So... Microsoft is violating it's own patents by distributing software 
> that it's patents cover, thereby making those patents free?
> 
> 

There isn't anything new in Microsoft's claims. See 
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070514/013229.shtml

Shuchit