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category: technology
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title: Then They Fight You
date: '2007-05-13T20:56:00.000-04:00'
author: Anna Wiggins
tags:
- freedom
- open source
- linux
- Technology
modified_time: '2013-10-22T11:19:50.548-04:00'
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blogger_orig_url: http://www.stringofbits.net/2007/05/then-they-fight-you.html
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<a href="http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/05/28/100033867/index.htm?section=money_latest">Microsoft threatens to sue the entire FOSS community</a><br/><br/>Where have I seen this kind of threat before?  Hmm... SCO, anyone?  Is MS really desperate enough for that?  SCO only sued IBM because they were losing money in copious amounts, flirting with bankruptcy.  Vista seems to be the straw that's breaking Microsoft's back.