Jim Richardson <warlock@xxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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> On Wed, 5 Dec 2007 06:13:43 -0800,
> Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:03:05 +0000, [H]omer wrote:
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>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
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>>>> Microsoft Sued; Christmas Comes Early for Z4 Technologies
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>>>> | Microsoft is succumbing to patent trolls today, as theyâ??re
>>>> | being ordered to pay over $140 million for, get this, asking
>>>> | for two passwords.
>>>
>>> Somebody needs to just shut down the ridiculous US patent system.
>>> (Cue Timmy defending ridiculous patents. Oh wait, he *can't* this
>>> time, since he'd be siding against Microsoft. Oh the dilemma!)
>>
>> Much as I find the notion of MS getting sued for patent infringement
>> deliciously ironic, let's be honest here... that's an asinine patent. The
>> whole system is screwed up beyond any hope of repair.
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> yep, time to cut it, gut it, and bury it in the compost heap.
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Microsoft see this system as being their future, so they'll fight to
keep it. If that means paying up on a few patents, they won't mind.
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