Torvalds cries FUD over MS patent concerns

Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt... that's what FUD is all about. Linus Torvalds says that Microsoft's recent claim of patent violations in the Linux Kernel are nothing more than strategic FUD generation.

Torvalds told Linux.com when asked about the seriousness of Microsoft's patent allegations, "Can you get a list of which ones? Before that, it's just FUD, and there's not a whole lot I can say or do. Is there prior art? Are they trivial and obvious to one skilled in the art? Would we need to work around them? We don't know, because all I've heard so far is just FUD."

Linux fanboys have been waiting for this moment for a very long time, after a successful but brutal battle against SCO over software copyright issues which was financed in part by MS soft money. We'll keep a keen eye on the kids in Redmond, but we're not about to make any major life decisions based on MS patent claims.