In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Sinister Midget
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wrote
on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:15:57 GMT
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> On 2006-11-28, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> posted something concerning:
>> Supreme Court won't hear Microsoft appeal
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Microsoft said it was "disappointed" that the Supreme Court would not
>>| review the case. The company also noted that it has already removed
>>| the feature of Access that was found to infringe on Amado's patent.
>>| "We will now shift our focus to preparing for additional proceedings
>>| relating to this case at the district court level," Microsoft spokesman
>>| Jack Evans said in a statement.
>> `----
>>
>> http://news.com.com/2110-1014_3-6138636.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
>>
>> Are there any engineers in this company at all? Or is it just lawyers, patent
>> writers, and salesmen like Ballmer, who acquire companies that have
>> engineers?
>
> It's the latter. Then they fire the engineers and hire some marketing
> clowns and lawyers. This is how MS INNOVA~1 products and protect their
> IP with patents.
>
Well, they have to protect it somehow; otherwise we eeeeeeeeevil
Linux geniuses might just clone the GUI and implement it for free so
that they can't make any money on it.
Oh, the horror.
:-)
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