Microsoft demands royalties for open-source software

[IJ Reilly]

Essential reading on Microsoft vs Apple re Quicktime:

http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/RDM.Tech.Q1.07/5F0C866C-6DDF-4A9A-9515-531B0CA0C29C.html
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/RDM.Tech.Q1.07/592FE887-5CA1-4F30-BD62-407362B533B9.html

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I especially like this line:

Apple's patent stockpile was reminiscent of the Soviet Union's warheads: scary during the Cold War, but potentially more erratic and dangerous after the country began to break up into sovereign nations.

 

[tutubibi]

I think Microsoft owes me some money. I have a patent for "Software Bug - process or procedure to make user annoyed and/or unable to complete the task".

Microsoft is extensively using my patent in every product for the last 20 years.

Also, I need to take a look at Microsoft source code to see how many lines of open source software was copied there.

 

[Bobdude161]

Essential reading on Microsoft vs Apple re Quicktime:

http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/RDM.Tech.Q1.07/5F0C866C-6DDF-4A9A-9515-531B0CA0C29C.html
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/RDM.Tech.Q1.07/592FE887-5CA1-4F30-BD62-407362B533B9.html

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