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[News] SCO Stuffed; Microsoft Turns to Trashable Patents Before Its Death

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SCO Bankruptcy Hearing: SCO's Exclusivity Period is Over

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| I can't believe there's yet more major news, all in one day. But there is, 
| from the bankruptcy front. SCO's period of exclusivity is over, as you can 
| see from the minutes of today's hearing [PDF]. Look at number 1 on the list 
| under the heading "Proceedings" and you will see the word: "DENIED". This was 
| regarding the SCO motion [PDF] to extend the period of exclusivity, it's 4th, 
| the motion that Al Petrofsky objected to pro se, as you can see on the Notice 
| of matters on the agenda for today.      
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090330173729611

Microsoft Patents

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| There are many patents held by Microsoft which should have been denied due to 
| the existance of prior art or because they're self-evident and are not true 
| inventions as defined by U.S. patent law:  
| 
|     * Double-clicking a button (6,727,830)
|     * Grouping task bar buttons (6,756,999)
|     * Two-way scroll mouse (6,700,564)
|     * Task list generated for software developers (6,748,582)
|     * Using the human body as a conductive medium for power and data 
|     (6,754,472) (much prior art done by research labs) 
|     * The equivalent of the sudo Unix command (6,775,781) as old as at least 
|     1980 
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http://www.msversus.org/microsoft-patents.html


Related:

Feeling the heat at Microsoft

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| If I ask you who is Microsoft's biggest competitor now, who would it be?
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| Ballmer: Open...Linux.
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http://www.news.com/Feeling-the-heat-at-Microsoft/2008-1012_3-6232458.html?tag=ne.fd.mnbc
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