code red and MS's liability...

[Jason]

George Toft wrote:
> 
> The problem with waiting 3.5-7.5 years is that if a wrong goes
> unchallenged for a reasonable period of time (usually 2 years),
> it is assumed that all parties are OK with the wrong, and the wrong
> may continue.  Textbook example is someone who uses another person's
> driveway for years to get to their own property will prevail in court
> should the second person erect a fence to block the first person's
> access to their property.  A case that strikes home is when Xerox
> sued Apple for stealing the "Intuitive Interface" - even though Xerox
> could prove the crime happened, they took so long to sue (over 10
> years) that it was thrown out.

Not to mention the fact that the intuitive interface was basically
given to Jobs anyways... the only reason they could sue at all was
because he didnt walk out of their with a receipt... 

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