At least one person, Randal C. Kennedy, has a very low opinion of this. He seems to think this is part of the usual embrace, extend, extinguish campaign that Microsoft is sure to follow.
Although I'm willing to give Microsoft the benefit of the doubt, I'm not willing to give them that much benefit. With revenues tanking, and competitors all around encroaching on their once exclusive territory, it'd be hard not to see them try again to beat Linux with patents.
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