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<br><div><div>On 15 Sep 2009, at 21:56, gordon dunlop wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">This is an article by Pamela Jones of Groklaw giving all the details about the buying of 22 patents from Microsoft by AST (Allied Security Trust) on behalf of OIN (Open Invention Network) to protect Linux. Why I like Pamela Jones articles are that she does thorough research ( click on all the links for the background stories) and that also she is very clever and thorough when examining the law processes involved in these stories:<br> <br><a href="http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090911130806414">http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090911130806414</a><br><br>Gordon<br><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_____________________________<br></div> </blockquote><br></div><div>How does helping spread FUD about Linux benefit HP?</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Iain</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><br></body></html>