Software patents here again: Amazon paying Microsoft for use of Linux

As published yesterday, Amazon has agreed to pay Microsoft for the right to use the technology that their Linux servers (and Kindle) allegedly contain. You might go “What?”, but sometimes the real world just surpasses parody plays in terms of absurdity. Of course, we still have little information on whether Microsoft’s patent claims against Linux […]

February 24, 2010 В· Jouni Heikniemi В· One Comment
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