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On Wednesday 2009-07-08 12:48, tridge@samba.org wrote:
>
> - some vendors may decide not to use Linux, and switch to embedded
>   windows instead if we don't have a clearly supported way of
>   avoiding these patents in the Linux kernels.

I perceive that:
Linux is primarily about doing things the right way, not about making
the largest userbase (it is a welcomed side-effect though).