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On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Adrian Midgley <amidgley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> 'A judgement by a Texas jury against Google could have major implications >> for the search giant and the open source world said experts. The internet >> titan was found guilty of infringing a patent related to the Linux kernel >> and fined $5m (£3.2m).' > > > I think the expert is well-acquainted with microsoft's interests, but > may be less reliable on this. > > The Texas court is the weirder end of the US' weirdness on software patents. > > And this has prior art. It is a sales tactic, I suspect. > "Google likely to appeal, and win, Linux patent infringment verdict".... http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/google-likely-appeal-and-win-linux-patent-inf I little more on this story here. The author of the article seems to smell a rat....Microsoft..... Roly :-) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq