Microsoft has not previously made an issue of patent claims against Linux companies or developers.
The associations had become cash heavy as a result of hefty legal settlements from suits against developers for construction defects.
I think people just got frustrated with this process of butting their heads up against developers and planning boards.
Lately institutional investors have begun to bid against speculators and developers.
In many ways it is a familiar Long Island dispute: preservationists against developers.
Harriet Gumbs, 79, who came to the protest today, brought a case against developers back in 1955.
From 1995 and 2011, the office of the Texas Attorney General had 87 judgments against developers who created properties without services.
The growth led to an ongoing series of fierce political battles that pitted preservationists against developers.
A strong girding of power and ideas is our best defense against developers who might wish to control the process.
Now, neighbors and preservationists, bloodied from recent battles against developers, are rallying again.