this is exactily why MICROSOFT IS SO CRAPTASTIC....btw thanks Samsung...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer riled the open-source community a few weeks later when he openly said that because of Linux’s unauthorized use of Microsoft intellectual property, "every Linux customer basically has an undisclosed balance-sheet liability."
Microsoft will gain access to Samsung’s large patent portfolio "relating to digital media and computer-related inventions.
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