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Is Microsoft a friend or foe of open source? Going by the company's actions, Microsoft can't seem to decide whether to make love or war. But if it's war, Microsoft appears to lack the legal weaponry to defeat or even disturb its adversaries.
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]]> http://howtosplitanatom.com/funny/138/comment-page-1/#comment-1836 How To Irritate The Free Software Foundation | How To Split An Atom Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:13:06 +0000 http://howtosplitanatom.com/?p=138#comment-1836 [...] I am a huge fan of FOSS, open standards, and the entire culture surrounding open source. However, I don’t believe that the FSF as much ground to stand on in this case. Even if Apple has misused software that has been licensed under the GPL, the chances of successfully converting them to a free and open company are next to nil. [...] [...] I am a huge fan of FOSS, open standards, and the entire culture surrounding open source. However, I don’t believe that the FSF as much ground to stand on in this case. Even if Apple has misused software that has been licensed under the GPL, the chances of successfully converting them to a free and open company are next to nil. [...]

]]> http://howtosplitanatom.com/funny/138/comment-page-1/#comment-831 How To Know Microsoft Hates Opensource | How To Split An Atom Mon, 14 May 2007 14:25:40 +0000 http://howtosplitanatom.com/?p=138#comment-831 [...] Believes that FOSS violates its patents, which in some ways may be true. However, one has to realize that all that is required to gain a patent is for the overworked patent office not to be able to find “prior art” relating to your idea. That idea can be almost anything these days, take this gem from a Scientific America article. Training manuals. Using training manuals in education is routine. But the technique in this 1998 patent merely describes how an experienced person can teach a novice by using an illustrated publication, such as a training manual. “The technique is so common as to be something that probably isn’t written about because it’s too trivial,” Aharonian observes. The practice of patenting such basic business methods has increasingly come under fire. (U.S.: 5,851,117: “Building Block Training Systems and Training Methods”; Keith A. Alsheimer and others.) [...] [...] Believes that FOSS violates its patents, which in some ways may be true. However, one has to realize that all that is required to gain a patent is for the overworked patent office not to be able to find “prior art” relating to your idea. That idea can be almost anything these days, take this gem from a Scientific America article. Training manuals. Using training manuals in education is routine. But the technique in this 1998 patent merely describes how an experienced person can teach a novice by using an illustrated publication, such as a training manual. “The technique is so common as to be something that probably isn’t written about because it’s too trivial,” Aharonian observes. The practice of patenting such basic business methods has increasingly come under fire. (U.S.: 5,851,117: “Building Block Training Systems and Training Methods”; Keith A. Alsheimer and others.) [...]

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