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Old 11-01-2005, 06:14 PM   #1
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11.01.05 Five years on and Big Blue is still banging the drum for open source. Today it announced it was handing over 500 patents for the greater good.

Open source developers can now make use of the patents without fear of the kind of legal action that has blighted the community in recent years - most clearly evidenced by the SCO suits.

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Old 11-01-2005, 07:23 PM   #2
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That's excelent news, this whole patent situation looks very worrying, nice to know there is at least one non-hostile company.

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I not only admire IBM's philosophy but also like thier products and recalling some of them that I have used over the years:

IBM Ball type typewriter in the early 80's
IBM PS1 desktop PC mid to late 80's
IBM PS2 early 90's
IBM Laptops (currently using the second unit from T Series)
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