09.09.07
Patent Law Reform — Are Monopolies the Biggest Winners?
The following video shows why the likes of Microsoft are happy about the type of reform that was approved on Friday.
This comes to show another angle.
Pages that cross-reference this one
Listed from October 23rd 2007 onwards, pingbacks and trackbacks (external) are omitted- Today's Lessons on Software Patents
- The Latest Patent News: USPTO Reform Attacked, Sun Attacks, Vonage Settles
- Sun Microsystems Flexes Its Muscles and Proves the Value of Defensive Portfolios in Open Source
- Recent blog reactions
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.
akf said,
September 9, 2007 at 7:11 am
Could you please explain, what the video is about, for those who cannot view it?
Thank you.
Roy Schestowitz said,
September 9, 2007 at 8:00 am
Sorry about this, but won’t Gnash/swfdec be able to handle it? The only other option would be to exclude videos altogether. Ripping them and hosting them locally (as Ogg Theora) would probably be a violation.