Comments on: Micrsoft sues TomTom to protect Linux patents http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2009/02/26/micrsoft-sues-tomtom-to-protect-linux-patents/ Technology news Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:15:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Hugh http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/02/26/micrsoft-sues-tomtom-to-protect-linux-patents/comment-page-1/#comment-161230 Hugh Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:18:12 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2009/02/26/micrsoft-sues-tomtom-to-protect-linux-patents/#comment-161230 I've just been looking at the first of the "Halloween documents", and it makes very interesting reading - in particular since it dates from 1998. It is clear that although Microsoft have long understood the mortal threat posed to their business by open source, they have, to this day, been utterly powerless to combat it. Now Microsoft is out of time, and this lawsuit is merely the angry and reflexive lashing out of a beast that knows that it is doomed. One can see Steve Ballmer as the captain of Titanic - he wants to sue the iceberg. Sadly for Mr Ballmer and his arrogant henchmen, the iceberg cannot sink any more than Titanic can stay afloat... I’ve just been looking at the first of the “Halloween documents”, and it makes very interesting reading – in particular since it dates from 1998. It is clear that although Microsoft have long understood the mortal threat posed to their business by open source, they have, to this day, been utterly powerless to combat it.

Now Microsoft is out of time, and this lawsuit is merely the angry and reflexive lashing out of a beast that knows that it is doomed. One can see Steve Ballmer as the captain of Titanic – he wants to sue the iceberg. Sadly for Mr Ballmer and his arrogant henchmen, the iceberg cannot sink any more than Titanic can stay afloat…

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