I find the choice of words interesting
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| tracyanne Sep 10, 2009 7:41 AM EDT |
Quoting:Microsoft Foes Aim to Snatch Patent Advantage in Linux Tussle |
| vainrveenr Sep 10, 2009 1:11 PM EDT |
Indeed, what is especially interesting here is this reference to this all-encompassing "tussle", a.k.a.,"fight". As already noted before at http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/29636/ (and probably will be mentioned again!), Microsoft's current three-pronged L.S.D. strategy in its continued "tussle" with Linux appears to be its Legal Strategy. Sales Strategy. Development Strategy. A telling snippet from this piece by Morphy reveals how this current Legal "tussle" could escalate in the future : Quoting:Microsoft BogeymanNote here the actual use of the words "an all-out war on Linux", through IP Patent-related or other types of future litigation. Sales. The current revelation(s) that Microsoft is making a concerted effort to distort facts concerning Linux in its Windows 7 Sales' drive; primarily aimed at retailers, yet ultimately aimed at consumers. Basically, minimally adulterated FUD pure and simple. Development. The Microsoft Development Teams' embracing and "Interoperability" overtures to F/OSS devs. Morphy even writes in the introductory paragraph: Quoting:Microsoft has been making overtures to the open source community of late, but suspicion abounds.A reasonable suspicion from the last two parts of Microsoft's record of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish(EEE) ??? --- So the Open Invention Network's current success in circumventing Microsoft's sale of patents to patent trolls could perhaps be seen as winning this particular legal "battle" (or the threat of such) without necessarily winning Microsoft's overall L.S.D. "war" against Linux. Also see directly concerning this, Zemlin's Linux Foundation piece 'Protecting Linux from Microsoft (Yes, Microsoft Got Caught)', linked to LXer at http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/125354 |
| tracyanne Sep 10, 2009 5:19 PM EDT |
I find the words interesting, because they imply that someone is attacking Microsoft, when in fact, it's the other way around. Which to me tells us a lot about Katherine Noyes. |
| vainrveenr Sep 10, 2009 5:34 PM EDT |
Quoting:I find the words interesting, because they imply that someone is attacking Microsoft, when in fact, it's the other way around.Yes, and this is certainly in line with the common saying that "the best defense is a good offense" (see http://ipthoughts.com/2008/01/29/the-best-defense-is-a-good-... ) Quoting:Which to me tells us a lot about Katherine Noyes.Where exactly is Katherine Noyes mentioned in this piece?? The current Title and Attributes on top of the piece's main body are Quoting:Microsoft Foes Aim to Snatch Patent Advantage in Linux TussleIs this an error?? |
| tracyanne Sep 10, 2009 6:18 PM EDT |
Author Microsoft Foes Aim to Snatch Patent Advantage in Linux Tussle * LinuxInsider; By Katherine Noyes |
| vainrveenr Sep 10, 2009 6:34 PM EDT |
No, but there IS a current Noyes'y piece at http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/68080.html?wlc=1252621304
The Title and Introductory sections on top of THIS piece's main body are
Quoting:Fun and FUD in the Fall Flamebait Follies By Katherine Noyes LinuxInsider 09/10/09 4:00 AM PT(again, the direct link of this is http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/68080.html?wlc=1252621304) The actual LXer submission for the Morphy piece is probably incorrectly attributed to Noyes; http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/125360 versus http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Microsoft-Foes-Aim-to-Snat... |
| tracyanne Sep 10, 2009 8:03 PM EDT |
well according to our Newswire list, that article is authored by Noyes. I didn't go there because I refuse to be insulted by the full page ad for Microsoft ware that you get before you get to the LinuxInsider site. |
| flufferbeer Sep 10, 2009 10:43 PM EDT |
@vv,
Noyes'y supposed to be "noisy" about all these flamebaits, right ?
Cute.
I didn't sense from this, though, that Katherine Noyes is anything like a shill for M$.
She calls herself Linux Girl and put in a nice touch of using a tuxchick quote at the end of her blog.
That was a class act if you ask me.
2c |
| hkwint Sep 11, 2009 7:47 AM EDT |
Well, I had to use wiktionary to even understand the words she used. But I guess it's "Microsofts 'enemies' aim to quickly grab patent advantage in Linux struggle" If somebody asked me, I'd say the struggle is with patents and not with Linux, but whoami (kwint, says bash). Also, to the asserted enemies of Microsoft, patents are a disadvantage by default. You cannot grab advantage with something that's a disadvantage to you, so therefore I guess Ms. Noyes assumes different enemies than just Linux users. Enemies such as IBM, Philips Red Hat and the like. Those enemies in turn are - when it comes to their love of software patents - an enemy to Linux users too. |
| jacog Sep 11, 2009 8:27 AM EDT |
I don't really think Linux is a "foe" to Microsoft - more like a foil. |
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