Comments on: Breaking down the Microsoft vs. Linux Patent Scare http://www.vladville.com/2007/05/breaking-down-the-microsoft-vs-linux-patent-scare.html Vlad Mazek on IT, Business and Technology Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:49:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Microsoft 15/05/2007 at Kaizenlog http://www.vladville.com/2007/05/breaking-down-the-microsoft-vs-linux-patent-scare.html/comment-page-1#comment-20771 Microsoft 15/05/2007 at Kaizenlog Tue, 15 May 2007 18:59:41 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2007/05/breaking-down-the-microsoft-vs-linux-patent-scare.html#comment-20771 [...] Breaking down the Microsoft vs. Linux Patent Scare By vlad By now you’ve surely seen at least a dozen articles on how, depending on the source, Microsoft is ready to eliminate Linux from existance or collect royalties or sue “them” into oblivion. It’sa juicy topic because it’s about a lot of … Vlad Mazek - Vladville Blog - http://www.vladville.com [...] [...] Breaking down the Microsoft vs. Linux Patent Scare By vlad By now you’ve surely seen at least a dozen articles on how, depending on the source, Microsoft is ready to eliminate Linux from existance or collect royalties or sue “them” into oblivion. It’sa juicy topic because it’s about a lot of … Vlad Mazek – Vladville Blog – http://www.vladville.com [...]

]]> By: mavmesa http://www.vladville.com/2007/05/breaking-down-the-microsoft-vs-linux-patent-scare.html/comment-page-1#comment-20763 mavmesa Tue, 15 May 2007 06:21:31 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2007/05/breaking-down-the-microsoft-vs-linux-patent-scare.html#comment-20763 I LIKE free software. I HATE people stealing software. It is even more unthinkable when they earn the profits to pay for their fancy cars with that theft! I did think about the IE example. I just don't have the "Nads" that you have to throw it back in Steve's face. :) -Ken I LIKE free software. I HATE people stealing software. It is even more unthinkable when they earn the profits to pay for their fancy cars with that theft!

I did think about the IE example. I just don’t have the “Nads” that you have to throw it back in Steve’s face. :)

-Ken

]]> By: vlad http://www.vladville.com/2007/05/breaking-down-the-microsoft-vs-linux-patent-scare.html/comment-page-1#comment-20758 vlad Mon, 14 May 2007 18:02:06 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2007/05/breaking-down-the-microsoft-vs-linux-patent-scare.html#comment-20758 Ken, How exactly is free software damaging for you, you're a VAR/consultant and we all know that there is no such thing as a margin in non-MicrosoftBS product lines such as Office and Vista. As for Steve and the value of software... Should have asked him if he associated $0 value with Internet Explorer when he gave it away in 96 :) -Vlad Ken,

How exactly is free software damaging for you, you’re a VAR/consultant and we all know that there is no such thing as a margin in non-MicrosoftBS product lines such as Office and Vista.

As for Steve and the value of software… Should have asked him if he associated $0 value with Internet Explorer when he gave it away in 96 :)

-Vlad

]]> By: » Will Microsoft enter Patent War against Free Software? http://www.vladville.com/2007/05/breaking-down-the-microsoft-vs-linux-patent-scare.html/comment-page-1#comment-20757 » Will Microsoft enter Patent War against Free Software? Mon, 14 May 2007 17:48:23 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2007/05/breaking-down-the-microsoft-vs-linux-patent-scare.html#comment-20757 [...] is Vlad’s post. I think we’re pretty much saying the same thing (although he uses a lot more words than me!) [...] [...] is Vlad’s post. I think we’re pretty much saying the same thing (although he uses a lot more words than me!) [...]

]]> By: mavmesa http://www.vladville.com/2007/05/breaking-down-the-microsoft-vs-linux-patent-scare.html/comment-page-1#comment-20756 mavmesa Mon, 14 May 2007 17:03:39 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2007/05/breaking-down-the-microsoft-vs-linux-patent-scare.html#comment-20756 In my puny little existance, I had the pleasure this spring of asking Steve Ballmer a question on why Microsoft was now consorting with the enemy (Novell). His reply was "We want to work with the companies that understand that they need to charge you for the value you receive from software (Novell, Redhat, etc), and we want to bury the freebies. I do like the ability to use open source software such as CentOS. On the other hand, I grit my teeth when a client won't buy Office to make their $24K per year employee more productive, but thinks instead that Microsoft should let them use it for free. -Ken In my puny little existance, I had the pleasure this spring of asking Steve Ballmer a question on why Microsoft was now consorting with the enemy (Novell). His reply was “We want to work with the companies that understand that they need to charge you for the value you receive from software (Novell, Redhat, etc), and we want to bury the freebies.

I do like the ability to use open source software such as CentOS. On the other hand, I grit my teeth when a client won’t buy Office to make their $24K per year employee more productive, but thinks instead that Microsoft should let them use it for free.

-Ken

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