I gues smost people don't remember the outright theft (not a fully-
owned subsidiary) by Microsoft of the Stac Electronics Stacker disk
compression code. Stqac sued, MSFT lost. They had to pull if from
distribution. DOS 6.22 used the MSFT version - DOS 6.0 and 6.2 had
the Stac code.
This was almost 10 years ago.
George
dennisk@sahuaro.f2s.com wrote:
>
> Quoting "der.hans" <PLUGd@lufthans.com>:
>
> > Am 05. May, 2002 schwätzte dennisk@sahuaro.f2s.com so:
> >
> > > Has everyone seen the letter from the Peruvian Congressman to Microsft as
> > > reported on /.? A cached translation is here:
> >
> http://216.239.39.100/search?q=cache:TvfSi6UFJpQC:www.gnu.org.pe/resmseng.html+resmseng.html&hl=en&ie=utf-8
> >
> > Dr. Nuñez mentions an article where m$ was found guilty of stealing code.
> >
> > Here's an article.
> >
> > http://www.pcworldmalta.com/specials/MSPiracy/
> >
> > ciao,
> >
> > der.hans
> > --
>
> Quoting from the article:
>
> "Since the start, we have been treated with disdain,[by Microsoft]" he said.
> "It's such a waste! This terrible affair, which forced me to break up my team,
> has stopped me from making the animated films I dreamed of for 10 years."
>
> Of course, in public, M$ points its crooked finder at Free Software as stifling
> creativity!
>
> If only we could see Microsoft's source code!
>
> Dennis Kibbe
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