Viewpoint--OpenForum Europe claim.(DATABASE AND NETWORK INTELLIGENCE)

Following Microsoft's claims of patent violation by the open source community, it is not surprising that industry and commentators are crying foul and requesting that Microsoft make their claims specific and detailed. At a time when industry is attempting to work together to find a new patent system, fit for the 21st century, Microsoft's comments seem essentially to be a spoiling tactic, designed to cause FUD and derail these efforts. The claims made by Microsoft do not refer to the way patents are infringed, which patents are infringed or who is committing the infringement. If Mi