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Explainer: Microsoft - Linux patent wars

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By Computerworld reporters | Published 13:00, 16 May 07

Microsoft believes that Linux and open source software violates 235 of its patents and it wants violators to pay up. The company for years has been bashing the open source community and this latest move may well be the bloodiest battle yet.

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