Apparently the number of patents that GNU/Linux infringes is on the decline as shown by this short piece on lxer
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jbkerns
1 year 12 weeks 6 days 17 hours ago
Like a commenter on /. once posted
Like a commenter on /. once posted (paraphrased):
"Sure, after M$ pays Xerox for the UI and BSD for nslookup, they can come after Linux"
Since I used a lot of Free and Open Source in Windows, I decided just to go ahead and use a GNU/Linux distro instead. Now I have the same functionality in my 4G partition that I had in 20G of Windows XP.
If Ballmer wanted to keep me in Windows then why did he make Vista crappy and the planned end of support for XP?
The point of Windows anymore is what?
Get some help, silly dancing man.