| Don't get all your exercise from jumping to conclusions.
I not only dual-boot every computer I own with XP Pro and various flavors of Linux, but I also belong to several Microsoft developers and leaders networks. Just because I'm pro Linux does not automatically mean I'm anti-Microsoft.
But there is a problem with large companies (like MS...and this is even discussed there) buying up patents on intellectual concepts, words, basic computing functions, then locking them up so your only realistic option is to pay licensing fees. Have you been keeping up with the JPEG debacle? Case in point. It's gotten out of hand, and now the EU has taken a stand against its spread. |