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Note the Linux bit! but no definition. > Microsoft has filed a lawsuit against navigation device maker TomTom, claiming that its technology infringes Microsoft-owned patents. Some of the alleged infringement is a result of TomTom's use of Linux technology, Microsoft said. > > Microsoft has claimed in the past that technology used in the main body of the > Linux open source operating system, the 'kernel', infringes patents which it owns. It has not so far tested those claims in court. > > It has now taken action against TomTom over eight patents which it owns, and a Microsoft lawyer said that three of those claims are related to TomTom's use of Linux. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html