Microsoft Signs Another Patent Deal Amid Calls for Remedies
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| A group of stories show that Microsoft still exploits a broken
| system, as does Acacia (possible proxy)
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http://boycottnovell.com/2007/10/17/patent-olympus-maskin-acacia/
They just don't give up, do they?
What's wrong with just making good products, selling them, and letting
customers decide whether or not they like it, rather than this lock-in
policy of reselling other companies' software, then enforcing customer
"loyalty" with draconian measures like proprietary formats and patents?
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K.
http://slated.org
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| "[Microsoft] are willing to lose money for years and years just to
| make sure that you don't make any money, either." - Bob Cringely.
| - http://blog.businessofsoftware.org/2007/07/cringely-the-un.html
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Fedora release 7 (Moonshine) on sky, running kernel 2.6.22.1-41.fc7
18:13:41 up 69 days, 17:08, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.11, 0.14
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