Promotion of software patents == opposition to Open Source.

[jcowan at reutershealth.com]

Russell McOrmond scripsit:

>   My question still remains:  Why is IBM in a very public way advertising
> the benefits of Open Source and Linux, while at the same time lobbying
> against Open Source in less visible (and less understood) public policy
> circles?

That's not a question, it's an argument.  Try next door.

Insofar as it really is a question, the answer is the same as for all
"Why do they?" questions:  money.

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