●●● From Techrights
In the years 2007-2010 Amazon brought quite a few former Microsoft executives into its management. It also became zealous about software patenting and it began paying Microsoft for alleged patent issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE, Kindle (embedded Linux), etc. Here are some posts on the subject, starting with older ones.
●● 2007
Amazon Likes Linux and FLOSS, But Also Loves Patent Abuse, Apparently
●● 2008
Patents Roundup: Amazon Enters Patents Hall of Shame Again; Apple Sued
Patents Roundup: TiVo, Amazon and Community Patent
Microsoft Mole Watch: Yahoo, Amazon, Costco
●● 2009
Amazon’s Linux-powered and DRM-laden Gadget Sued for Patent Infringement
Please Sign Petition to Protest Amazon’s Remote Deletion of 1984 and Animal Farm
●● 2010
Patents Roundup: Amazon, Centrify, Microsoft, TecSec, and Bilski
Microsoft’s Deal With Amazon is Extortion and Should Get Reported
When Microsoft Racketeering Meets Apathy
Amazon and Dell: Friends or Foes of GNU/Linux?
Amazon Discriminates Against GNU/Linux And Enables Microsoft Racketeering
Amazon Pushes Ridiculous Software Patents Into Europe
Citrix and Amazon Climb on Microsoft’s Bed
Amazon EC2 Has Just Become Even More Infected With Microsoft ‘Patent Tax’ on Linux (Ballnux Added)
Paul Allen’s Patent Troll Obviously Did Not Sue Microsoft, But Why Did Amazon Get a Free Pass?
Amazon is Shielding a Monopoly by Subverting Laws
Canada’s Monopoly Enforcement Exported by Hollywood and Amazon
●● 2011
Software Patents Spread Like a Plague Owing to US-based Multinationals
Amazon Regrets Software Patenting
●● 2012
Amazon Absorbs More Microsoft Managers
Amazon Attacks Linux, Android Exposed to FUD and Spying by Microsoft
●● 2013
Neal Heimbach Reveals Another Reason to Boycott Amazon
Another Reason to Boycott Amazon and Dell
●● 2017
Amazon is Stockpiling Terrible Patents and Using These for Competitive Advantage
The Notorious 1-Click Buying Patent Expired Rather Than Invalidated
Amazon's 1-Click Patent Continues to Tarnish the Image of the USPTO and of Patents in General
Worse Than Trolls: Amazon's Software Patents (and Other Large Companies' Ridiculous Monopolies)
Amazon and Google Have Both Become Part of the Software Patents Problem
●● 2019
A Lot of US Patents Are Entirely Bogus, But Apple Was Willing to Pay for Them
Amazon's Patent Policy Should be Enough of a Reason to Boycott Amazon and AWS
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