Microsoft Joins the Open Invention Network
Not OP, but I think it is important to see a company as a whole.<p>Untill Microsoft has truly changed its entire company and the culture ruling it, to be supportive of Open Source, it is safe to say &quot;There are just some parts supporting OSS&quot;. Just like one can safely say &quot;but there are just some parts of the company opposing FLOSS&quot;.<p>In order to truly help OSS, joining some initiative, group or foundation is the easy thing to do. Opening the patent portfolio, is the difficult thing to do. The latter helps FLOSS a lot more.