More news from Centrify and Protecode, which pretend to help when they actually cause harm (with FUD and Microsoft patent tax)

Centrify and Likewise get sued, having attempted to outdo Free software by faking it and adding software patents to it

Centrify is strengthening the integration bridge it has built between Windows and such platforms as Linux by adding support for more distributions of the open source operating system, as well as such applications as Apache and Open SSH.

Microsoft Relevant Products/Services is targeting Sun Microsystems for patent violations in its open-source software, claiming OpenOffice.org breaches 45 of its patents. Sun wasted no time in responding to the claims coming out of Redmond.

When Microsoft first sued TomTom for patent violations in TomTom's Linux-powered navigation devices, I wasn't sure how much of a fight TomTom would put up. Legally TomTom was between a rock and a hard place. You can't use restricted-use patents in GPLed software.

When Canonical launched Ubuntu 9.10 earlier today, Centrify Corp. - maker of Microsoft Active Directory-related tools - raised its hand and vowed to support Ubuntu Server Edition 9.10. It was a small but significant announcement that could help Ubuntu gain a stronger foothold within corporate Windows networks. Here's why.

For sometime there, I generally figured that once the next revision of the GPL came about, all of these deals that are being made with Microsoft will eventually be put to bed. I was also delighted to see Mandriva standing against the alleged patent violations that Microsoft brought up time and again.

TiVo is preemptively sued by Microsoft for alleged patent violation and Microsoft's PR puts together some lies to disguise the real cause

Microsoft was awarded more than 1,600 patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in 2007, placing it sixth on the list of biggest patent performers, according to IFI Patent Intelligence, which tracks patent awards. IBM, which tried but failed to patent outsourcing last year, won the patent count for the 16th straight year, with more than 3,100 patents.