Interesting story I've been following which was earlier reported in Fortune Magazine that Microsoft was considering claims of patent/copy right suits against many open source users including Linux.
However, an article at Computer World creates the belief that the Fortune article was worded a bit more strongly than Microsoft is saying at this point:
The Fortune story has caused a lot of concern over how Microsoft may proceed in regard to its patent claims. Did you know Microsoft officials were going to reveal the number of patents? We did. [But] the Fortune article does not correctly represent our strategy. That's what has people so inflamed. It looks like our strategy changed and we are moving in a new direction, but it hasn't. In the Novell deal, we said we had to figure out a way to solve these IP issues and we needed to figure out a way for better interoperability with open-source products. The Fortune article makes it look like we are going out on this litigation path.
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