A Word on Patents

"How powerful are Microsoft patents? No one really wants to know - including Microsoft. A patent is a powerful weapon, but the best use for a powerful weapon is not to pull the trigger but to sit next to it and act like you're going to pull the trigger. Once you use it, you lose the ability to peer silently into the eyes of your opponents and make them shiver with dread. More importantly, you expose yourself to the possibility that the weapon might not even work."

- Joe Casad, Editor in Chief, Linux Magazine, Jan 2007
Describing the threat Microsoft imposes on the Open Source industry.