Phil Da Lick! wrote:
> amicus_curious wrote:
>> Phil Da Lick! wrote...
>>> Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>>> High Plains Thumper wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-9992580-56.html
>>>>>
>>>>> [quote] July 16, 2008 12:00 PM PDT, Microsoft faces lawsuit over
>>>>> Silverlight Posted by Ina Fried
>>>>>
>>>>> Microsoft's latest legal headache is a suit from a little-known
>>>>> company called Gotuit Media, which charges elements of Silverlight
>>>>> infringe on the video metadata company's patented technology.
>>>>
>>>> So proprietary information, patents etc are ok as long as someone is
>>>> suing Microsoft for possible infringement....
>>>> You Linux loons are total hypocrites.
>>>> What a collection of complete idiots.
>>>
>>> Speaking of idiots, please point out where in the OP it is mentioned
>>> that "patents etc are ok as long as someone is suing Microsoft".
>>
>> Why it is simple logic, Phil! That dipshit only posts stuff negative
>> about Microsoft
Lie.
>> and so the only possible implication is that Microsoft is guilty of
>> another imagined sin against the "little guy".
Lie.
>> Ergo, the plaintiff is right and Microsoft is wrong.
Right.
http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2005/07/14/microsofts-lawsuit-payouts-amount-to-around--9-billion
or http://tinyurl.com/59wley
[quote]
Microsoft's lawsuit payouts amount to around $9 billion
Updated Twice the GDP of Cambodia
By Désiré Athow: Thursday, 14 July 2005, 2:35 PM
* UPDATE Additional material at the end of this article.
MICROSOFT HAS had a long, a very long history of litigation, court orders,
patent infringements and antitrust lawsuits against it since the very
beginning of its history. We;ve managed to draw up a partial list of these.
The surprising thing is not only the number of those lawsuits against
Microsoft - at one time, it had more than 130 pending - but more
importantly, the sheer amount of money it represents.
The Redmond giant has been ordered to pay nearly $9 billion, a figure
which is set to rise with some lawsuits still to be ruled on.
[.... Table below rearranged according to award amount, header added]
Award Amount Plaintiff
-------------- ------------------
$1,950,000,000 Sun
$1,100,000,000 California
$850,000,000 IBM
$750,000,000 AOL
$613,000,000 EU
$536,000,000 Novell
$521,000,000 Eolas
$500,000,000 DR DOS/Caldera
$440,000,000 Intertrust
$250,000,000 Apple
$240,000,000 Minnesota
$202,000,000 Florida
$150,000,000 Gateway
$104,600,000 Arizona
$96,000,000 Perma Temps
$89,000,000 North Carolina
$83,000,000 Stac
$64,000,000 Tennessee
$62,000,000 SPX
$60,000,000 Burst
$35,000,000 Immersion
$34,000,000 Massachusett
$32,000,000 Kansas
$23,250,000 Be
$22,600,000 Nebraska state
$12,300,000 Montana
$10,500,000 Maryland
$10,500,000 Private (5)
$9,700,000 Vermont
$9,330,000 South Dakota
$9,000,000 Employee fired (3)
$9,000,000 North Dakota
$8,960,000 Carlos Armando (1)
$8,600,000 Daum (4)
$6,200,000 Columbia
$4,100,000 Bristol
$3,150,000 New Mexico
$2,000,000 Iowa
Undisclosed Alacritech
Undisclosed AT&T
Undisclosed Sendo
Still in court? Discrimation Suit (2)
Still in court E-data
Still in court Forgent
Still in court Go
Still in court Mythic
Still in court Wordperfect suit
Still in court Real
[...] * UPDATE Thanks to Groklaw and Mr. Jaffar for their assistance. Ten
more cases have now been added and the total in the coffer now exceeds the
$9 billion mark:
Time Line Settled, undisclosed
Ticketmaster Settled, undisclosed
Priceline Still in court?
Goldtouch technology Settled, undisclosed
Syn'x $ 250,000
eLeaders Settled, undisclosed
e-Pass Still in court
Roger Avary (6) Still in court
Arendi Holdings Still in court?
Borland $100,000,000
[/quote]
>> Fortunately, you bozos are as ineffective as can be and so there is
>> never much damage done that a little price increase can't fix. Sweet!
See above.
> So flattie joined the dots for him, and put words in his mouth. Glad we
> cleared that up.
Most of the astroturfing herein follows closely to the Microsoft
Evangelism philosophy, 'Use [...] the Internet, etc. to heighten the
impression that the enemy is desperate, demoralized, defeated, [...]
associated with mental deficiency, as in, "he believes in Santa Claus,
the Easter Bunny". Just keep rubbing it in, via the [...] newsgroups,
[...] make the complete failure of the competition's technology
part of the mythology of the computer industry.'
(reference PDF pages 45 & 55 on
http://www.groklaw.net/pdf/Comes-3096.pdf - Comes vs Microsoft lawsuit )
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HPT
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