Did nVIDIA and AMD conspire to fix prices? Want to move from Microsoft Windows Vista to XP? Expect a tough time. Ubuntu founder says Linux and Microsoft are on the same side.

Shuttleworth said that Vole was not going to start a patent trench war with Linux which they are certain to lose. The real threat to Linux is the same as Microsoft faces. Both companies could go down to a person or company that is not actually building software, but has filed patents on ideas that the GNU project and Microsoft are equally likely to be implementing.