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Title	Torvalds: Microsoft is bluffing on patents
Type	News
Source	IDG News Service 02/04/2008
Summary	Microsoft's aggressive defense of its intellectual property, which includes claims that Linux violates a number of its patents, is nothing more than 'a marketing thing,' according to Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel. continue

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