Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Microsoft's New Open-Source War

There was one aspect of this whole circus that struck me immediately upon seeing the news. And that was that this whole effort of FUD on the part of Microsoft is a clear sign that they have given up. Microsoft has been fighting a war for the last several years, and this announcement about the 235 patents was as clear as a white flag. It's just another scare-tactic that Microsoft is using to fight a losing battle to prevent companies from switching over to less-expensive, more secure and productive open-source software.



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