Chapter 10 of the book, "Marx, Lenin, and Gates: Failed Counterrevolutionaries," discusses Microsoft's use of FUD: Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt. Today Microsoft re-started its FUD campaign against Linux by hinting that it might use its portfolio of patents to sue Linux developers (and, presumeably, Linux users).
Given Microsoft's huge stumble — the delay of the Vista operating system — this lastest attack smacks of another desparate move to stop Linux's inroads into the business commmunity.
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