QUOTE(bigtrouble777 @ May 19 2007, 11:54 PM)
I didn't realize this board was run by 8 years old... haven't been around in a while. Read carefully and you guys might learn something...
I'm guessing you meant 8 year olds. Before you go judging people, get your facts straight. The admins here are not, as you state, 8 years of age. Many of the people who frequent this board are probably around that age, or if not they act that way at least.
To stay on topic; I think it's a good thing that MS is attacking Linux, it shows that they are considering them a big enough threat to try to kill (like every other company that has come against MS). Be afraid MS, be very afraid. The idea of patenting code is acceptable to an extent, but the idea of patenting generic ideas and such things that are key components of other would-be software systems is ridiculous. Linux will never die, it's practically impossible to stamp out open-source software simply because people will always make and distribute it. If they take away the ability to put it up on websites for download (like Linux is now) then it will simply move to IRC, Bittorrent, P2P (if anybody uses that anymore), unlisted servers, and all the other ways that the shady internet community operates.
If it wasn't for Linus Torvald, technology and the internet would be severely crippled by the pathetic attempts that MS has made at web/ftp software (IIS). Also all the small devices (firewalls, routers, switches, etc.) that control network traffic mostly run off of Linux based operating codes.
MS shut up and fix your overly-priced software you dirty communists.