OT: Microsoft Word Banned?

[Michael Butash]

Only real problem I see is the same one it has been - patent troll
companies that do nothing more than abuse our patent system staking
their ambiguous claims, and sue others as their only "revenue".

Other than that, I'm still amused whenever those cannons get pointed at
Microsoft.  It will unfortunately have ramifications for "everyone else"
eventually higher overall costs when trolls get their hooks in.

See also Immersion vs. Sony/everyone for another good one -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immersion_v._Sony.  Microsoft just payed
them off in licensing over their "vibrating controller" patent without
fighting, while Sony got stuck with $90.7m in damages, halting of
controller sales using it (i.e. all ps2), and still having to "license"
the tech to boot.

I don't see microsoft doing anything different here unless this xml
patent beating them over the head has no legs to stand on, then maybe
they'll fight, maybe they won't...

-mb


On Fri, 2009-08-14 at 02:45 -0700, Technomage wrote:
> Reading the discussion threads was entertainment as well.
> 
> The biggest problem I see in all of those comments: no thinking about 
> the real problem.
> And as of right now, I haven't the first clue what the real problem is.....
> 
> 
> Jason Spatafore wrote:
> > This one has me confused. How does MS fight such a ban of sale of their
> > product?
> >
> > http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/enterpriseapps/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=219200383&cid=nl_IW_daily_txt
> >
> > I just got back on the list...it's good to be back. :) 
> >
> > Jason
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