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By: links for 2008-10-20 « My place

links for 2008-10-20 « My place — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:02:52 +0000

[...] Mark Shuttleworth » Blog Archive » No negotiations with Microsoft in progress We have declined to discuss any agreement with Microsoft under the threat of unspecified patent infringements. Allegations of “infringement of unspecified patents” carry no weight whatsoever. We don’t think they have any legal merit, and they are no incentive for us to work with Microsoft on any of the wonderful things we could do together. A promise by Microsoft not to sue for infringement of unspecified patents has no value at all and is not worth paying for. It does not protect users from the real risk of a patent suit from a pure-IP-holder (Microsoft itself is regularly found to violate such patents and regularly settles such suits). People who pay protection money for that promise are likely living in a false sense of security. (tags: ubuntu linux free open source software microsoft is a threat against patents intellectual property mark shuttleworth odf ooxml) [...]

By: Mandriva Linux y Ubuntu no pactarán con Microsoft | unpocodemucho.com

Mandriva Linux y Ubuntu no pactarán con Microsoft | unpocodemucho.com — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:21:27 +0000

[...] Mark dice en su blog que las alegaciones de violación de patentes de Microsoft no tienen peso específico alguno, y que “no hay incentivos a la hora de trabajar con Microsoft en ninguna de las maravillosas cosas en las que podríamos trabajar juntos”. También añade que “la promesa de Microsoft de no demandar a las empresas por violación de patentes no tiene ningún valor y no vale la pena pagar por ello”. (traducción de los párrafos del blog de Mark por The Inquirer ES). [...]

By: 451 CAOS Theory » 451 CAOS Links - 2007.06.18

451 CAOS Theory » 451 CAOS Links - 2007.06.18 — Fri, 23 May 2008 05:42:00 +0000

[...] No negotiations with Microsoft in progress, here be dragons, Mark Shuttleworth (Blog) [...]

By: GNUvox @ FSC » Blog Archive » La “protezione” di Microsoft non interessa a tutti

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:12:20 +0000

[...] anche la ferma posizione di Shuttleworth che, sul suo blog, si esprime un po’ a 360° sulla questione: Allegations of “infringement of [...]

By: BALUG: Mark Shuttleworth and Digital Tipping Point | Jake Ruston's Personal Site

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:51:03 +0000

[...] Microsoft made software cheaper as a good thing Microsoft has done, although he didn’t see a need to license patents from them. I got the idea that Mark thinks that injecting venom into discussions about open-source [...]

By: BALUG: Mark Shuttleworth and Digital Tipping Point

BALUG: Mark Shuttleworth and Digital Tipping Point — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:27:35 +0000

By: Technology latest news » Blog Archive » Red Hat, Ubuntu, Reject Talks With Microsoft (TechWeb)

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:41:32 +0000

[...] commercial support to Ubuntu through his company Canonical Ltd. Shuttleworth posted the statement in his blog over the weekend. Earlier this month, Linspire, which also distributes a desktop version of Linux, became the [...]

By: Canonical, Red Hat e Mandriva dizem não a Microsoft | Ubuntero

Canonical, Red Hat e Mandriva dizem não a Microsoft | Ubuntero — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:52:50 +0000

[...] quem entende inglês, em seu blog, Mark Shuttleworth escreveu o que pensa sobre este [...]

By: Traduction du blog de Mark Shuttleworth

Traduction du blog de Mark Shuttleworth — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:37:45 +0000

[...] de Mark Shuttleworth concernant des rumeurs de collaboration entre Ubuntu et Microsoft (voir : No negotiations with Microsoft in progress), et convaincu que la lecture des réflexions de ce grand Patron du logiciel libre pourrait [...]

By: O.S. Revolution » Nella tela del ragno fatta di FUD e interoperabilità by Microsoft

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:52:29 +0000

[...] No negotiations with Microsoft in progress [...]