Microsoft's Open Source Patent Gripes: Everyone Loses?

Microsoft's maneuvering may scare some users away from Linux and other open source software in the short term, said Joe Lindsay, CIO at Secured Funding in Costa Mesa, Calif. "It's like saying, 'I have a big baseball bat, and I'm going to hit somebody,'" Lindsay said. "Everyone runs away."

Microsoft's Open Source Patent Gripes: Everyone Loses?