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Originally Posted by Lord Raiden View Post
Bah. Cowards. I was hoping that TomTom would fight it out to the bitter end. Pfft. Ah well. I guess we'll have to wait for someone else with the balls to stand up to Goliath and actually try to destroy their patents. Of course, if geeks in general would just stop crying about the current patent mess and would actually stand up and do something about it, all of Microsoft's power would vaporize in a puff of smoke.
I'm thinkin' that no matter the outcome Microsoft wins if as I proposed earlier, Microsoft's intention is to slow or reduce the adoption of Linux on embedded devices.

I don't think M/S has any intention of "killing" Linux off. It is very content with Linux being a hobbyist OS and with that the general publics perception of its users as wearing beanies with propellers on top.

However, when that^ perception changes and Linux is viewed as more main stream, this gets everybody's attention. Any business would see a reduction in market share as a threat to its long term survival.