05.19.07
Could Europe’s Patent Law Be the Reason for These Shark-like FUD Attacks?
Have a look at the following video.
Over the years, Europe has maintained its sanity and sidled with logic. It acknowledged that fact that software patents must not exist. Some hypothesise (and almost even surmise) that Microsoft’s timing in this attack was carefully planned as to manipulate discussions about (and possibly change) European patent laws.
Microsoft’s claim that Linux infringes its patents was dismissed today as a tactic to spoil a European conference on rationalising the law on the subject.
Highlight: Novell was the first to acknowledge that Microsoft FUD tactics had substance. Novell then used anti-Linux FUD to market itself. 
Highlight: Xandros let Microsoft make patent claims and brag about (paid-for) OOXML support. 
Highlight: Linspire's CEO not only fell into Microsoft arms, but he also assisted the company's attack on GNU/Linux. 
Highlight: Microsoft craves pseudo (proprietary) standards and gets its way using proxies and influence which it buys. 
Highlight: The invasion into the open source world is intended to leave Linux companies neglected, due to financial incentives from Microsoft. 
Analysis: Xen, an open source hypervisor, possibly fell victim to Microsoft's aggressive (and stealthy) acquisition-by-proxy strategy.